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English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ???? (mêon), probably from ????? (meîon, “lesser”) for its small size.

Noun

meon (uncountable)

1. (obsolete) spignel, Meum athamanticum

Synonyms

• (Meum athamanticum): meu, meum; baldmoney, maldmoney; spignel, spicknel, spiknel, spikenel; bearwort, bear-wort, bear's wort

References

• Meum athamanticum on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Meum athamanticum on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Meum athamanticum on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

Anagrams

• Emon, Mone, NEMO, Nome, meno-, mone, nemo, nome, omen

Irish

Alternative forms

• meón (superseded)

Pronunciation

• (Kerry) IPA^(key): /m?u?n??/

Etymology 1

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Noun

meon m (genitive singular meoin, nominative plural meonta)

1. attitude, disposition
2. character, temperament
3. Alternative form of mian (“desire”)
4. Alternative form of méin (“mind, disposition”)

Declension

Derived terms

• meonúil (“whimsical, fanciful, capricious; particular, fastidious”, adjective)

Etymology 2

Noun

meon m (genitive singular meoin, nominative plural meoin)

1. Alternative form of meán (“middle; mean; medium; average; middle, waist; middle zone”)

Declension

Mutation

References

• "meon" in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.

Old French

Adjective

meon

1. (9th century) Alternative form of mon

Usage notes

• Used in the Oaths of Strasbourg.

English

Verb

meou (third-person singular simple present meous, present participle meouing, simple past and past participle meoued)

1. Alternative form of meow
   • 1838, The Hesperian (volume 1, page 38)

     Even her favourite Tabby […] who was wont to wink and meou around the table at meal times, for the especial excitement of her mistress' benevolence, meoued never a word […]

   • 1916, Ezra Pound

     I do not recognize anyone's right to interfere with the freedom of letters, nor can a serious writer be expected to abandon the tongue of Shakespeare for the meouing of Wordsworth and Al. Tennyson and Mr Gosse.

Anagrams

• moue

Portuguese

Verb

meou

1. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) preterite indicative of mear