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undermeal

noun

Etymology

From Middle English undermele, undermel (“the early part of the afternoon, midday, noon; an afternoon meal or nap”), from Old English undernmǣl (“morning, morning time; morning meal”), equivalent to undern + meal. Compare the word for midday and the word undern.

  1. inherited from undernmǣl
  2. inherited from undermele

Definitions

  1. Synonym of undern

    Synonym of undern: originally terce and the morning, later (UK, dialectal, obsolete) noon and the early afternoon.

    • By the time—he hath din'd at a taverne, and slept his undermeals at a bawdy-house, his purse is [empty].

  2. Synonym of siesta

    Synonym of siesta: an afternoon nap.

    • In a narrower limit than the forty years' undermeal of the seven sleepers.

  3. An afternoon meal or snack.

    • Another great supper, or undermeal, was made ready for them, coming home from ditching and plowing.
    • I think I am furnished for [=with] Cather'ne pears, [enough] for one undermeal.
    • Why should not thy soul have her due drinks, breakfasts, meals, undermeals, bevers, and aftermeals, as well as thy body?'

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