† meropicadj.
Origin: A borrowing from Greek, combined with an English element. Etymons: Greek μέροπ- , μέροψ , -ic suffix.
Etymology: < ancient Greek μέροπ-, μέροψ speaking articulately (see note s.v. merops n.) + -ic suffix. Compare slightly later merop adj.
Obsolete.
1854 C. D. Badham 224 Mute creatures [seem] as capable of jealousy and resentment as loud-tongued meropic man!
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).