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meady

/ˈmiːdi/

meady adjective: containing, or resembling, mead.

Adjective (1)

meady (comparative more meady, superlative most meady)

  1. Containing, or resembling, mead.
    • My beer and a leather covered menu were placed at my elbow as I ruminated and my waiter stood silently beside the table while I sampled the beverage. I was pleasantly surprised. It had a rich, meady flavor […]2017, Wayne DePriest, Angeltown, page 20

Adjective (2)

meady (comparative more meady, superlative most meady)

  1. (Multicultural-London-English) Of middling appearance, not particularly attractive.
    • this barbie & she’s moving meady, had to ask her like “what she’s on?”2024 July 3, “Wine & Dine” (0:51 from the start), Lando 24z (lyrics)

Forms of meady

comparativemore meady
superlativemost meady
alternative formmeedy

Origin of meady

From mead + -y.

From mid + -y, sound shift as in eediot for idiot, though that one happened in Jamaican Creole, to be effective in the MLE accent, already.

Questions about meady

What does meady mean?
Meady means containing, or resembling, mead.
What part of speech is meady?
Meady is an adjective.
How do you pronounce meady?
Meady is pronounced /ˈmiːdi/.

Words near meady in the dictionary

  1. meadowy
  2. meads
  3. meadsweet
  4. Meadville
  5. meadwort
  6. meady
  7. Meaford
  8. Meagain
  9. Meagan
  10. meager
  11. meagered

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