† meropadj.
Origin: A borrowing from Greek. Etymons: Greek μέροπ-, μέροψ.
Etymology: < ancient Greek μέροπ-, μέροψ speaking articulately (see note s.v. merops n.). Compare slightly earlier meropic adj. N.E.D. (1906) gives the pronunciation as (me·rǫp) /ˈmɛrɒp/.
Obsolete.
1864 R. D. Blackmore II. iii. xii. 128 He has no tongue, no merop tongue, I mean.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2001; most recently modified version published online September 2019).