Etymology

stoundmeal

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Today it means: At times; at intervals Full definition →

Middle English stoundmele ← Old English stundmǣlum
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  1. Old English · inherited fromstundmǣlum“at times”
  2. Middle English · inherited fromstoundmele
  3. English todaystoundmeal

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.

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