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noun
Meum athamanticum, a European herb.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
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Synonyms: meon, meum, baldmoney, spignel, bearwort
Antonyms: none provided
noun
The second minister of the Kingdom of Dahomey.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: historical
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Synonyms: none provided
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noun
Acronym of marine expeditionary unit.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: US, abbreviation, acronym, alt-of
Topics: government, military, politics, war
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Alternative letter-case form of meu (“second minister of Kingdom of Dahomey”).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
From Latin mēum (“umbelliferous plant, Meum athamanticum”), from Ancient Greek μῆον (mêon), probably from μεῖον (meîon, “lesser”) for its small size. The English form came perhaps via Middle French meu, a word with a single isolated attestation from the 14th century which only began to appear consistently from 1568, by which time the word was established in English.
Borrowed from Fon mɛ̀wú (“meu”).
