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limbmeal

adv · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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adv

Meaning 1

Into pieces; limb from limb.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: archaic, not-comparable

Examples

  • 1890, John Payne (translator), The Novels of Matteo Bandello Bishop of Agen, London: The Villon Society, Volume 5, Part 3, Story 24, pp. 323-324, Such was the end of that vile and wicked woman, worthy of a more cruel death and to be torn of dogs limbmeal.

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History

Etymology

From Middle English lymmele, limmel, from Old English limmǣlum (“limbmeal, limb by limb”); equivalent to limb + -meal.