mead
/miːd/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.43 in modern English
7
Scrabble Score
4
Letters
1
Syllables
4
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A drink composed of syrup of sarsaparilla or other flavouring extract, and water, and sometimes charged with carbon dioxide.
American usage; Uncountable
noun
A meadow.
Example Sentences
- ""Just come in," said Mrs. Churchill, "and take one glass of my mead." / "No—not even such a golden promise tempts me. I am afraid that Lord Marchmont will be at home before me—and he is not yet accustomed to be kept waiting.""
- "No one, then or now, wanted to drink the mead that came out of Odin's arse."
- "And then in haste her bow'r she leaves, With Thestylis to bind the sheaves; Or if the earlier season lead To the tann'd haycock in the mead."
- "Farewel ye crystal streams, that pass Thro’ fragrant meads of verdant grass:"
- "Hither, hither, love — ‘Tis a shady mead — Hither, hither, love! Let us feed and feed!"
- "But any man that walks the mead, In bud, or blade, or bloom, may find, According as his humours lead, A meaning suited to his mind."
Etymology
From Middle English mede, from Old English medu, from Proto-West Germanic *medu, from Proto-Germanic *meduz, from Proto-Indo-European *médʰu (“honey; honey wine”). Cognate with Ancient Greek μέθυ (méthu) (whence English methyl), Lithuanian medùs, Old Church Slavonic медъ (medŭ, “honey”), Persian می (mey), Sanskrit मधु (mádhu), Welsh medd, Finnish mesi, Chinese 蜜 (mì).
Origin
Word Breakdown
Usage
- Uncountable
- American usage
- Countable