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Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1) - Cite This Source - Share This
med·dle
[med-l] Pronunciation Key
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[med-l] Pronunciation Key –verb (used without object), -dled, -dling.
| to involve oneself in a matter without right or invitation; interfere officiously and unwantedly: Stop meddling in my personal life! |
[Origin: 1250–1300; ME medlen < OF me(s)dler, var. of mesler (F mêler) < VL *misculāre, freq. of L miscére to mix
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meddler, noun
med·dling·ly, adverb
—Synonyms intervene, intrude, pry.
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Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2006.
American Heritage Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
| med·dle
(měd'l) Pronunciation Key
intr.v. med·dled, med·dling, med·dles
[Middle English medlen, from Anglo-Norman medler, variant of Old French mesler, from Vulgar Latin *misculāre, to mix thoroughly, from Latin miscēre, to mix; see meik- in Indo-European roots.] med'dler (měd'lər, měd'l-ər) n. |
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Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
meddle
meddle
c.1290, "to mingle," from O.N.Fr. medler (O.Fr. mesler) "to mix, mingle, to meddle," from V.L. *misculare, from L. miscere "to mix" (see mix). Meaning "to concern oneself" (usually disparaging) is attested from 1415. From c.1340 to 1700, it also was a euphemism for "have sexual intercourse." Meddlesome is attested from 1615.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
WordNet - Cite This Source - Share This
| meddle | |
verb | |
| intrude in other people's affairs or business; interfere unwantedly; "Don't meddle in my affairs!" |
WordNet® 3.0, © 2006 by Princeton University.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
Meddle
Med"dle`\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Meddled; p. pr. & vb. n. Meddling.] [OE. medlen to mix, OF. medler, mesler, F. m[^e]ler, LL. misculare, a dim. fr. L. miscere to mix. ? See Mix, and cf. Medley, Mellay.]1. To mix; to mingle. [Obs.] More to know Did never meddle with my thoughts. --Shak. 2. To interest or engage one's self; to have to do; -- ? a good sense. [Obs.] --Barrow. Study to be quiet, and to meddle with your own business. --Tyndale. 3. To interest or engage one's self unnecessarily or impertinently, to interfere or busy one's self improperly with another's affairs; specifically, to handle or distrub another's property without permission; -- often followed by with or in. Why shouldst thou meddle to thy hurt? --2 Kings xiv. 10. The civil lawyers . . . have meddled in a matter that belongs not to them. --Locke. To meddle and make, to intrude one's self into another person's concerns. [Archaic] --Shak. Syn: To interpose; interfere; intermeddle.
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Meddle
Med"dle\, v. t. To mix; to mingle. [Obs.] --Chaucer. "Wine meddled with gall." --Wyclif (Matt. xxvii. 34).
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