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midmeal

adj

Etymology

From mid- + meal.

  1. derived from *meh₁-✻ — “to measure”
  2. inherited from *mēlą✻
  3. inherited from *māl✻
  4. inherited from mǣl — “measure, time, occasion, set time, time for eating, meal”
  5. inherited from mel
  6. prefixed as midmeal — “mid + meal”

Definitions

  1. Occurring in the middle of a meal

  2. The middle of a meal

    • And, bien sûr, the dinner guest must not leave the table in midmeal to use the powder room, and should she have to go, never, ever use the word “toilette” when asking a host for directions.

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA