heapmeal
heapmeal adverb: in heaps, or heap by heap; in large quantities or numbers.
Adverb
heapmeal (comparative more heapmeal, superlative most heapmeal)
- In heaps, or heap by heap; in large quantities or numbers.
- There was then no delay, so that greater hosts came heap-meal from the nations which we mentioned before ; and the folk which came hither began to wax and spread so much that they were a great terror to the same inhabitants of the land …1902, Old South Church (Boston, Mass.), Old South leaflets
- Long dures, mongst the forefighters, of both parts, Dread strife, before the wall, for Tola's corse. Almains and Rhaetians, heapmeal, fall thereon, Till the day's end; [...]1906, Charles Montagu Doughty, The dawn in Britain
Forms of heapmeal
| comparative | more heapmeal |
|---|---|
| superlative | most heapmeal |
| alternative form (obsolete) | heap-meal |
| alternative form (obsolete) | heap-meale |
Origin of heapmeal
From Middle English *hepemele, from Old English hēapmǣlum (“in heaps, heapmeal”), equivalent to heap + -meal.
Questions about heapmeal
- What does heapmeal mean?
- Heapmeal means in heaps, or heap by heap; in large quantities or numbers.
- What part of speech is heapmeal?
- Heapmeal is an adverb.
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