mealtide

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mealtide

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

noun mealtides · meal-tide · meal tide

archaic, countable, uncountable The tide or time when one receives their part, portion, or measure of food; the hour for a meal; mealtime. Bleeding at heart is he Who has to ask For food at every mealtide.

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@misc{mealtide_2026,
  title = {mealtide},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/mealtide},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}