melodicism en · NOUN
Etymology
Etymology tree English melodic Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der. English -ism English melodicism From melodic + -ism.
Meanings
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(uncountable) A focus on the development of melody
No sense of aloofness or distance diluted his warm melodicism.
2000, Ted Gioia, “Cool Jazz and West Coast Jazz”, in Bill Kirchner, editor, Oxford Companion to Jazz, →ISBN, page 340: