mealy
/ˈmiːli/
mealy adjective: resembling meal (the foodstuff).
Adjective
mealy (comparative mealier, superlative mealiest)
- Resembling meal (the foodstuff).
- Below the hole the mice made in the woodwork was a pile of mealy sawdust.
- Of the pale yellow color of a canary.
- That it is a cross-breed there can be no doubt, from the fact that after a year or two the brilliant colours, both orange and black, begin to fade—the orange fading into a mealy tint, and the black to a dingy grey.1875, The Bird-Keeper's Guide and Companion, page 19
Noun
mealy (plural mealies)
- 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
- The clear Norwich canaries, as well as the evenly marked, the crested, the ticked, the green, and the unevenly marked, are each divided into two separate classes, i.e., jonques and mealies.1884, Robert Linlithgow Wallace, The Canary Book, page 225
Proper noun capitalized: Mealy
Mealy (plural Mealys)
- A surname from Irish.
mealy meaning in Urdu
mealy in Urdu
- آٹے جیسا, دھبےدار, سفید
Forms of mealy
| Adjective | |
|---|---|
| comparative | mealier |
| superlative | mealiest |
| Noun | |
| plural | mealies |
| Proper noun | |
| plural | Mealys |
Origin of mealy
From meal + -y. Cognate with German mehlig.
Variant of Malley.
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Questions about mealy
- What does mealy mean?
- Mealy means resembling meal (the foodstuff).
- What is mealy in Urdu?
- Mealy in Urdu is آٹے جیسا, دھبےدار, سفید. See Mealy meaning in Urdu.
- What part of speech is mealy?
- Mealy can be an adjective, a noun or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce mealy?
- Mealy is pronounced /ˈmiːli/.
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