meal
noun
- period of time where food is eaten; breakfast, lunch, dinner, etc.
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /ˈmiːl/ / [ˈmɪi̯l]
noun
Etymology: Variation of mole (compare Scots mail), from Middle English mole, mool, from Old English māl, mǣl (“spot, mark, blemish”), from Proto-Germanic *mailą (“wrinkle, spot”), from Proto-Indo-European *mey- (“to soil”). More at mole.
- A speck or spot.
- A part; a fragment; a portion.
verb
Etymology: Variation of mole (compare Scots mail), from Middle English mole, mool, from Old English māl, mǣl (“spot, mark, blemish”), from Proto-Germanic *mailą (“wrinkle, spot”), from Proto-Indo-European *mey- (“to soil”). More at mole.
- To defile or taint.
“Were he meal'd with that / Which he corrects, than were he tyrannous.”