meteles

Middle English

Alternative forms

• mete-les, mete lesse, metles

Etymology

From Old English metelēas; equivalent to mete +‎ -les.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɛːt(ə)lɛːs/, /ˈmɛtlɛːs/, /ˈmɛːt(ə)lɛs/

Adjective

meteles

1. Lacking food or sustenance; foodless.
2. (rare) Having no meat; meatless.

Descendants

• English: meatless

References

• “mē̆telē̆s, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-10-17.

Spanish

Verb

meteles

1. second-person singular voseo imperative of meter combined with les