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单词 parcelmeal
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parcelmealadv.

Forms: see parcel n., adv., and adj. and -meal suffix; also Middle English parcemel.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: parcel n., -meal suffix.
Etymology: < parcel n. + -meal suffix. Compare earlier piecemeal adv.The following apparently show a different word ( < pace n.1 + -meal suffix), although with the form pasemele compare also γ. forms at parcel n., adv., and adj.:a1382 Prefatory Epist. St. Jerome in Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Bodl. 959) vi. 15 We wryten pasemele poyet sawes.a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Bodl. 959) 1 Kings 4.2 Þer ben slayn in þat strif paasmele bi feeldis, as foure thowsendis of men.
Obsolete.
By parcels, parts, or portions; in small portions at a time; bit by bit, piecemeal.
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the world > relative properties > wholeness > incompleteness > part of whole > [adverb] > in separated pieces > by pieces or piecemeal
limb-mealc1050
morsel-mealc1300
piecemealc1325
gobbetmealc1384
parcelmeala1387
plotmeala1450
gobbetly1552
threadmeal1565
piecemealwise1589
parcelwise1647
piecewise1674
a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1865) I. 17 (MED) Þat is in oþer bookes i-write welwyde and parcel mele i-plaunted, here it is i-putte togidre in rule and in ordre.
c1400 (a1376) W. Langland Piers Plowman (Trin. Cambr. R.3.14) (1960) A. iii. 70 Men..þat most harm werchiþ To þe pore peple þat parcelmel [v.r. parcemel] biggen.
c1425 (c1390) G. Chaucer Parson's Tale (Petworth) 1006 Þow shalt schryve þe of alle þi synnes to oo man, and nouȝt parcell mele [v.rr. a parcel] to oon man and parsel mele to a noþer man.
1476 Will of Sir John Crosby (P.R.O.: PROB. 11/6) f. 185 Ley down the said C li. parcelemele as the werkes thereof go forthward.
1548 N. Udall et al. tr. Erasmus Paraphr. Newe Test. I. Matt. ii. 26 Which in time and by parsel meale, should be promulgated.
1596 Bp. W. Barlow tr. L. Lavater Three Christian Serm. ii. 64 We will..examine them parcell meale.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2005; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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