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means Soft, relaxed, and pleasantly subdued — whether describing a mood, a flavor, a sound, or a person who's eased off the throttle.

from From Middle English 'melwe' or 'melowe,' first describing fruit and soil that had grown soft and ripe. The likely root is Old English 'mearu,' meaning tender or soft, possibly a cousin of words for 'mellow' ripeness across the Germanic family. So the word literally started in an orchard: a peach gone soft and sweet, ground gone crumbly and rich — and only later drifted to people whose hard edges had ripened away.