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dropmeal en · ADV

Pronunciation

• /ˈdɹɒpmiːl/

Etymology

From Middle English dropmele, from Old English dropmǣlum (“one drop at a time”), equivalent to drop + -meal.

Meanings

1. (archaic, not-comparable) One drop at a time, drop by drop.
2. (archaic, not-comparable) By drops or small portions.
   • deliuer their vrine but dropmeale and with difficultie 1601, C[aius] Plinius Secundus [i.e., Pliny the Elder], “(please specify |book=I to XXXVII)”, in Philemon Holland, transl., The Historie of the World. Commonly Called, The Naturall Historie of C. Plinius Secundus. […], (please specify |tome=1 or 2), London: […] Adam Islip, →OCLC:

Forms

Synonyms

dropwise