"meady" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ˈmiːdi/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-meady.wav [Southern-England] Forms: more meady [comparative], most meady [superlative]
Etymology: mead + -y Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|mead|y}} mead + -y Head templates: {{en-adj}} meady (comparative more meady, superlative most meady)
  1. Containing, or resembling, mead.
    Sense id: en-meady-en-adj-QwSq94QO Categories (other): English terms suffixed with -y Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -y: 45 55
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Adjective

IPA: /ˈmiːdi/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-meady.wav [Southern-England] Forms: more meady [comparative], most meady [superlative]
Etymology: mid + -y, sound shift as in eediot for idiot, though that one happened in Jamaican Creole, to be effective in the MLE accent, already. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|mid|y}} mid + -y, {{cog|jam|-}} Jamaican Creole Head templates: {{en-adj}} meady (comparative more meady, superlative most meady)
  1. (MLE) Of middling appearance, not particularly attractive. Tags: Multicultural-London-English
    Sense id: en-meady-en-adj-BROSKOeP Categories (other): Multicultural London English, English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -y Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 22 78 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -y: 45 55
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Alternative forms

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