Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A nightingale.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The nightingale.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Poetic Same as
Philomela , the nightingale.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun poetic The
nightingale .
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[Alteration (influenced by French philomèle) of Middle English phylomene, from Medieval Latin philomēna, from Latin Philomēla, Philomela; see Philomela.]
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Examples
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Then listen to the lamentations of this inspired and afflicted prophet: they are full of deepest pathos, and uttered in notes sweet as the warblings of philomel.
The Ceremonies of the Holy-Week at Rome Charles Michael Baggs
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Birds worthy the fair name of philomel, since they die thus, of and for the love of melody!
Treatise on the Love of God 1567-1622 1884
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