"undermeal" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: undermeals [plural]
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. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|undermele}} Middle English undermele, {{m|enm|undermel||the early part of the afternoon, midday, noon; an afternoon meal or nap}} undermel (“the early part of the afternoon, midday, noon; an afternoon meal or nap”), {{inh|en|ang|undernmǣl||morning, morning time; morning meal}} Old English undernmǣl (“morning, morning time; morning meal”), {{compound|en|undern|meal}} undern + meal, {{m|en|midday}} midday, {{m|en|undern}} undern Head templates: {{en-noun}} undermeal (plural undermeals)
  1. (obsolete) Synonym of undern: originally terce and the morning, later (UK, dialectal, obsolete) noon and the early afternoon. Tags: obsolete Categories (topical): Times of day Synonyms: undern [synonym, synonym-of]
    Sense id: en-undermeal-en-noun-uSqYI1eA Disambiguation of Times of day: 40 34 27 Categories (other): British English
  2. (obsolete) Synonym of siesta: an afternoon nap. Tags: obsolete Categories (topical): Times of day Synonyms: siesta [synonym, synonym-of] Synonyms (afternoon nap): shut-eye
    Sense id: en-undermeal-en-noun-fQiglIjF Disambiguation of Times of day: 40 34 27 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 39 56 5 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 29 65 6 Disambiguation of 'afternoon nap': 27 46 27
  3. (obsolete) An afternoon meal or snack. Tags: obsolete Categories (topical): Times of day Synonyms (meal): meal
    Sense id: en-undermeal-en-noun-z7K530H5 Disambiguation of Times of day: 40 34 27 Disambiguation of 'meal': 34 0 66
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: noon [time], terce, midday

Inflected forms

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