meddle

C2 Topic:Actions & Processes

US /ˈmɛd.əl/ See IPA manual

Homophones

medal /ˈmɛdəl/

Freq #14005

Meanings

1

verb
To interfere in or with; to concern oneself with unduly.

[…] why ſhouldeſt thou meddle to thy hurt,[…]?
2

verb
To interest or engage oneself; to have to do (with), in a good sense.

[…]ſtuddy to be quyet / and to medle with youre owne buſynes[…].
3

verb
To mix (something) with some other substance; to commingle, combine, blend.

[H]e cutt a lock of all their heare, / Which medling with their blood & earth, he threw / Into the graue,[…].
4

verb
To have sex.

But after god came to Adam and bad hym knowe his wyf flesshly as nature requyred / Soo lay Adam with his wyf vnder the same tree / and anone the tree whiche was whyte and ful grene as ony grasse and alle that came oute of hit / and in the same tyme that they medled to gyders there was Abel begoten / thus was the tree longe of grene colour.

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Synonyms

1 verb · to interfere in or with; to... dabblestick one's nose intostick one's oar in

3 verb · to mix (something) with... admix amalgamate bemingle blend combine commingle intermingle intermix

4 verb · to have sex. approach bangbaufbeatboffboinkbone bonk

Word family

Derived forms meddlementmeddler meddlesomeovermeddle

Simplified etymology

Meddle is recorded from Middle English and is related to medley. That family of words is associated with mixing, represented by Latin misculare, “to mix.”

Etymology

From Middle English medlen, from Anglo-Norman medler, from Early Medieval Latin misculāre, derived from Latin misceō (“to mix”).

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# meddle

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2
**Part of speech:** verb
**IPA (US):** /ˈmɛd.əl/
**Frequency rank:** 14005

## Meanings
1. To interfere in or with; to concern oneself with unduly.
2. To interest or engage oneself; to have to do (with), in a good sense.
3. To mix (something) with some other substance; to commingle, combine, blend.
4. To have sex.

## Examples
- […] why ſhouldeſt thou meddle to thy hurt,[…]?
- […]ſtuddy to be quyet / and to medle with youre owne buſynes[…].
- [H]e cutt a lock of all their heare, / Which medling with their blood & earth, he threw / Into the graue,[…].
- But after god came to Adam and bad hym knowe his wyf flesshly as nature requyred / Soo lay Adam with his wyf vnder the same tree / and anone the tree whiche was whyte and ful grene as ony grasse and alle that came oute of hit / and in the same tyme that they medled to gyders there was Abel begoten / thus was the tree longe of grene colour.

## Derived Forms
- meddlement
- meddler
- meddlesome
- overmeddle

## Etymology
From Middle English medlen, from Anglo-Norman medler, from Early Medieval Latin misculāre, derived from Latin misceō (“to mix”).

## Topics
- Actions & Processes

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