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mealies

mealies is the plural of mealie.

mealies is the plural of mealy.

Meaning of mealie

Noun

mealie (plural mealies)

  1. (South Africa) An ear or kernel of maize; in plural as mass noun: maize, corn.
    • The wants of a native living with his tribe and cultivating mealies or Kafir corn are confined to a kaross (skin cloak) or some pieces of cotton cloth.1897, James Bryce, Impressions of South Africa, page 90

Meaning of mealy

Noun

mealy (plural mealies)

  1. A canary of a pale yellow color.
    • I know not, indeed, if the artist could give the beautiful orange which distinguish ^([sic]) the jonque, or the mellowness of tint that pervades the mealy.1800, The New and Complete Canary-bird Fancier, page 8

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Questions about mealies

What is mealies the plural of?
Mealies is the plural of mealie.

Words near mealies in the dictionary

  1. mealie land
  2. mealie lands
  3. mealie meal
  4. mealiepap
  5. mealier
  6. mealies
  7. mealiest
  8. mealily
  9. mealiness
  10. mealinesses
  11. mealing

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Adapted from Wiktionary: mealies (page history and authors); mealie (page history and authors); mealy (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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