Meanings
adverbwordmeal (not comparable)
- not comparableOne word at a time; word by word.
Had I time, you space, and either of us patience, I could take this passage wordmeal, and dispute every word of it.
1921 June 3 (date written), C[harles] K[enneth] Scott Moncrieff, “Correspondence: John Davidson”, in J[ohn] C[ollings] Squire, editor, The London Mercury, volume IV, number 21, [London]: [Field Press], published July 1921, →OCLC, page 299
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Origin
From word + -meal (suffix denoting an amount, fixed number, or measure at a time).
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Finnish sana kerrallaan, sanasta sanaan
- sana kerrallaanone word at a time
- sanasta sanaanone word at a time
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APA
wordmeal. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wordmeal
MLA
“wordmeal.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wordmeal. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “wordmeal,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wordmeal.
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