† littlemealadv.

Forms: Middle English litilmelome, Middle English lyttulmele, Middle English lytyllmele.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation; modelled on a Latin lexical item. Etymons: little pron. and n., -meal suffix.

Etymology: < little pron. and n. + -meal suffix, after classical Latin paulātim gradually.

Obsolete.

Little by little.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > manner of action > slowness of action or operation > [adverb] > gradually or in stages

litlumc1000

stoundmealc1000

littlemeala1382

soakinglyc1386

inchmeal1548

gradately1599

gradually1646

gradatively1818

gradationally1864

a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Bodl. 959) (1959) Gen. xxxiii. 14 I schall folow lytyll-mele [L. paulatim] þe stappes of hym.

a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Bodl. 959) (1961) Deut. vii. 22 He shal waaste þes nacionys in þy siȝt lyttulmele [a1425 L.V. litil and litil; L. paulatim] & bi paartees.

a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Bodl. 959) (1963) Judges xx. 33 Þe busschementis..litilmelome [L. paulatim] þem selue begunnyn to openyn.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	littlemeal
释义	† littlemealadv. Forms: Middle English litilmelome, Middle English lyttulmele, Middle English lytyllmele. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation; modelled on a Latin lexical item. Etymons: little pron. and n., -meal suffix. Etymology: < little pron. and n. + -meal suffix, after classical Latin paulātim gradually. Obsolete. Little by little. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > manner of action > slowness of action or operation > [adverb] > gradually or in stages litlumc1000 stoundmealc1000 littlemeala1382 soakinglyc1386 inchmeal1548 gradately1599 gradually1646 gradatively1818 gradationally1864 a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Bodl. 959) (1959) Gen. xxxiii. 14 I schall folow lytyll-mele [L. paulatim] þe stappes of hym. a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Bodl. 959) (1961) Deut. vii. 22 He shal waaste þes nacionys in þy siȝt lyttulmele [a1425 L.V. litil and litil; L. paulatim] & bi paartees. a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Bodl. 959) (1963) Judges xx. 33 Þe busschementis..litilmelome [L. paulatim] þem selue begunnyn to openyn. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < adv.a1382
随便看	to give a pause to give a period to to give a person a backie to give a person a bloody nose to give a person a clean chit to give a person a credit for to give a person a dead leg to give a person a doing to give a person a etc seeing to to give a person a fall to give a person a foot to give a person a good seeing to to give a person a hand up to give a person a hard time to give a person a leg up to give a person a look-over to give a person a lookover to give a person a meeting to give a person a pain to give a person a pain in the etc to give a person a pain in the in the arse to give a person a pain in the neck to give a person a piece of one's mind to give a person a pig of his etc own sow to give a person a pig of his her own sow