English Explanatory Dictionary

undermeal

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Synonym of undern: originally terce and the morning, later (UK, dialectal, obsolete) noon and the early afternoon.
  2. Synonym of siesta: an afternoon nap.
  3. An afternoon meal or snack.

Word forms

undermeal undermeals

Etymology

From Middle English undermele, undermel (“the early part of the afternoon, midday, noon; an afternoon meal or nap”), from Old English undernmǣl (“morning, morning time; morning meal”), equivalent to undern + meal. Compare the word for midday and the word undern.

Synonyms

noon terce undern siesta shut-eye meal
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