mellowed

English

Etymology

From mellow +‎ -ed.

Adjective

mellowed (comparative more mellowed, superlative most mellowed)

1. That has become mellow.
   1. (of fruit) That has turned soft or tender by reason of ripeness.
      • c. 1587–1588, [Christopher Marlowe], Tamburlaine the Great. […] The First Part […], 2nd edition, part 1, London: […] [R. Robinson for] Richard Iones, […], published 1592, →OCLC; reprinted as Tamburlaine the Great (A Scolar Press Facsimile), Menston, Yorkshire, London: Scolar Press, 1973, →ISBN, Act II, scene i:

        And when the princely Perſean Diadem, / Shall ouerweigh his wearie witleſſe head, / And fall like mellowed fruit, with ſhakes of death, / In faire Perſea noble Tamburlain / Shall be my Regent, and remaine as King: […]

Verb

mellowed

1. simple past and past participle of mellow