meteles
Middle English
/ˈmɛːt(ə)lɛːs/
adj
Definitions
- Lacking food or sustenance; foodless.
- (rare) Having no meat; meatless.
Etymology
Inherited from Old English metelēas (foodless) affix from Middle English mete (food).
Origin
Middle English
mete
Gloss
food
Concept
Semantic Field
Food and drink
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- meat English
- meatless English
- meatlessly English
- meatlessness English
- mete Old English
- metelēas Old English
- mete Middle English
- metels Middle English