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stoundmeal

stoundmeal adverb: at times; at intervals.

Adverb

stoundmeal (not comparable)

  1. (obsolete) At times; at intervals
  2. (obsolete) Moment by moment, or from moment to moment.

Adjective

stoundmeal (comparative more stoundmeal, superlative most stoundmeal)

  1. (obsolete) Occurring at times or intervals.

Forms of stoundmeal

comparativemore stoundmeal
superlativemost stoundmeal

Origin of stoundmeal

From Middle English stoundmele, stoundemele, from Old English stundmǣlum (“at times”), from stund (“stound, space of time”) + mǣlum, dative plural of mǣl (“a time”), equivalent to stound + -meal. More at stound, meal.

Questions about stoundmeal

What does stoundmeal mean?
Stoundmeal means at times; at intervals.
What part of speech is stoundmeal?
Stoundmeal can be an adverb or an adjective.

Words near stoundmeal in the dictionary

  1. Stoulton
  2. stoun
  3. stound
  4. stounded
  5. stounding
  6. stoundmeal
  7. stounds
  8. stouns
  9. stoup
  10. stoupe
  11. stouped

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