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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

footmeal

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
foot-meal
IPA
13
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

Step by step: incrementally, little by little, by degrees, one foot (measure) at a time.

noun

A fotmal.

Obsolete

Example Sentences

Etymology

From Middle English footmele, fotmelen, from Old English fōtmǣlum (“step by step, by degrees”), dative plural of Old English fōtmǣl (“a foot-measure, one foot”), equivalent to foot + -meal.

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: footmele, fōtmǣlum, fōtmǣl

Usage

Inflected Forms

footmeals (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

piecemeal stepmeal

Synonyms

little by little

Questions

What does footmeal mean?
Step by step: incrementally, little by little, by degrees, one foot (measure) at a time.
Where does footmeal come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

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