meed

C2+ Topic:Ethics & Social Judgment

US /mid/ UK /miːd/ See IPA manual

Meanings

1

noun
a deserved reward or recompense; an archaic term for due praise

He received scant meed for years of faithful service.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 noun · a deserved reward or... reward recompense guerdon wage desert prize

Opposites

penalty punishment

Etymology

From Old English mēd ('reward, pay, bribe'), from Proto-Germanic *mēdō, from Proto-Indo-European *misdʰós ('reward, hire'). An archaic word for a deserved reward or due praise.

mēd Old English *mēdō Proto-Germanic *misdʰós Proto-Indo-European

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Topics

Ethics & Social Judgment Register & Style

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# meed

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /mid/
**IPA (UK):** /miːd/

## Meanings
1. a deserved reward or recompense; an archaic term for due praise

## Examples
- He received scant meed for years of faithful service.

## Synonyms
- reward
- recompense
- guerdon
- wage
- desert
- prize

## Antonyms
- penalty
- punishment

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: mēd
- Root: *mēdō
- Root: *misdʰós

## Etymology
From Old English mēd ('reward, pay, bribe'), from Proto-Germanic *mēdō, from Proto-Indo-European *misdʰós ('reward, hire'). An archaic word for a deserved reward or due praise.

## AI Etymology
Meed comes from Old English mēd ('reward, pay, bribe'), from Proto-Germanic *mēdō, from Proto-Indo-European *misdʰós ('reward, hire'). An archaic word for a deserved reward or due praise. The etymological trail includes Old English mēd, Proto-Germanic *mēdō, Proto-Indo-European *misdʰós. Its current noun use means "a deserved reward or recompense; an archaic term for due praise".

## Topics
- Ethics & Social Judgment
- Register & Style

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