Definition of UNDERMEAL

undermeal

Meanings

Plural: undermeals

Noun

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

Origin / 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

meal, midday, noon, shut-eye, siesta, terce, undern

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