Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

mealtide

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: mealtide
IPA

11

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

1

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The tide or time when one receives their part, portion, or measure of food; the hour for a meal; mealtime.

Archaic; Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Bleeding at heart is he Who has to ask For food at every mealtide."
"At Sandwich, ‘mine host Gyllam De La Towr’ was paid 6s 8d ‘for our mealtides from Sunday till Friday’."
"She hid her thoughts and led Arinbjorn onward. It was close to mealtide at the hall when she let him go."

Etymology

From Middle English meeletide, equivalent to meal + -tide (“time, period, hour”). Compare Dutch maaltijd, German Mahlzeit, Icelandic máltíð.

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: meeletide

Usage

Inflected Forms

mealtides (plural) meal-tide (alternative) meal tide (alternative)

Questions

What does mealtide mean?: The tide or time when one receives their part, portion, or measure of food; the hour for a meal; mealtime.
Where does mealtide come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

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