Associations to the word «Melville»

Wiktionary

MELVILLE, proper noun. A Scottish habitational surname​ of Norman origin, from Malleville in Normandy.
MELVILLE, proper noun. Herman Melville (1819-1891), an American novelist, essayist, and poet. He is best remembered for the novel Moby-Dick.
MELVILLE, proper noun. His works or media adaptations of his works.

Dictionary definition

MELVILLE, noun. United States writer of novels and short stories (1819-1891).

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats