Stoundmeal

adj, adv

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Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Occurring at times or intervals. obsolete
Adverb
  1. 1
    At times; at intervals not-comparable, obsolete
  2. 2
    Moment by moment, or from moment to moment. not-comparable, obsolete

Etymology

From Middle English stoundmele, stoundemele, from Old English stundmǣlum (“at times”), from stund (“stound, space of time”) + mǣlum, dative plural of mǣl (“a time”), equivalent to stound + -meal. More at stound, meal.

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