meddle
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meddle
- /ˈmɛd.əl/
- [ˈmɛɾəɫ]
Sounds like medal, metal (t-flapping), mettle (t-flapping) · Rhymes with -ɛdəl
Where it comes from
From Middle English medlen, from Anglo-Norman medler, from Early Medieval Latin misculāre, derived from Latin misceō (“to mix”).
verb meddles · meddling · meddled · medle
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To interfere in or with; to concern oneself with unduly.
[…] why ſhouldeſt thou meddle to thy hurt,[…]?
Similar: dabble, stick one's nose into, stick one's oar in
- To interest or engage oneself; to have to do (with), in a good sense. […]ſtuddy to be quyet / and to medle with youre owne buſynes[…].
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To mix (something) with some other substance; to commingle, combine, blend.
[H]e cutt a lock of all their heare, / Which medling with their blood & earth, he threw / Into the graue,[…].
Similar: bemingle, combine, ming, admix, amalgamate, blend, commingle, intermingle, intermix, involve, mang, meddle
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To have sex.
But after god came to Adam and bad hym knowe his wyf flesshly as nature requyred / Soo lay Adam with his wyf vnder the same tree / and anone the tree whiche was whyte and ful grene as ony grasse and alle that came oute of hit / and in the same tyme that they medled to gyders there was Abel begoten /
Similar: do it, get it on, ming, approach, cohabit, common, company, copulate, couple, engage in sex, exchange flesh, have intimate relations
Translations
Every language
verb to interfere in affairs
| Español | entrometerse, inmiscuirse, injerirse, mangonear, entremeterse, caciquear |
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| 日本語 | おせっかいをする o-sekkai-o suru |
| 中文 | 插手 chāshǒu, 干預 gānyù |
| Português | intrometer |
| Français | s'ingérer, se mêler |
| Deutsch | sich einmischen |
| Italiano | immischiarsi |
| Ελληνικά | ανακατεύομαι anakatévomai |
| Română | băga, amesteca, băga nasul unde nu-i fierbe oala, interveni |
| Русский | вме́шиваться vméšivatʹsja, вмеша́ться vmešátʹsja, лезть leztʹ |
| עברית | התערב |
verb to mix with other substance
| Русский | сме́шивать sméšivatʹ, смеша́ть smešátʹ |
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Talk about this word "meddle." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/meddle. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. meddle. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/meddle "meddle." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/meddle.Cite this
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title = {meddle},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/meddle},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
