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

Life has no meaning unless one lives it with a will, at least to the limit of one's will. Virtue, good, evil are nothing but words, unless one takes them apart in order to build something with them; they do not win their true meaning until one knows how to apply them.
Paul Gauguin