mealy
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mealy¹
- /ˈmiːli/
Sounds like mealie · Rhymes with -iːli
Where it comes from
From meal + -y. Cognate with German mehlig.
adjective mealier · mealiest
- Resembling meal (the foodstuff). Below the hole the mice made in the woodwork was a pile of mealy sawdust.
- Of the pale yellow color of a canary. That it is a cross-breed there can be no doubt, from the fact that after a year or two the brilliant colours, both orange and black, begin to fade—the orange fading into a mealy tint, and the black to a dingy grey.
noun mealies
- A canary of a pale yellow color. I know not, indeed, if the artist could give the beautiful orange which distinguish ^([sic]) the jonque, or the mellowness of tint that pervades the mealy.
Mealy²
Where it comes from
Variant of Malley.
proper noun Mealys
- A surname from Irish.
Translations
Talk about this word "mealy." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/mealy. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. mealy. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/mealy "mealy." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/mealy.Cite this
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title = {mealy},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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