Mealtide

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The tide or time when one receives his part, portion, or measure of food; the hour for a meal; mealtime. archaic, countable, uncountable

    "Bleeding at heart is he Who has to ask For food at every mealtide."

Synonyms

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mealtime

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"Bleeding at heart is he Who has to ask For food at every mealtide."

Etymology

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

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