melogenic

English

Etymology

melo- +‎ -genic

Adjective

melogenic (comparative more melogenic, superlative most melogenic)

1. (music) In which the melody dominates any words.
   • 1991, Joseph Harris, The Ballad and Oral Literature, page 226:

     In this connection, I take note of the earlier theories of Curt Sachs, postulating three kinds of origins for melodic traditions: "logogenic," from language; "pathogenic," from motion; and "melogenic," from music (Sachs 1937, pp. 181-203; 1943, pp. 30-43).

Antonyms

• logogenic

Coordinate terms

• pathogenic