meddlingn.

Brit.

/ˈmɛdl̩ɪŋ/,

/ˈmɛdlɪŋ/, U.S.

/ˈmɛd(ə)lɪŋ/

Forms: Middle English meddlynge, Middle English–1500s meddelynge, Middle English–1500s medeling, Middle English–1500s medelyng, Middle English–1500s medelynge, Middle English–1500s medlyng, Middle English–1500s medlynge, Middle English–1600s medling, Middle English–1600s medlinge, 1500s meddeling, 1500s meddelyng, 1500s meddlyng, 1500s– meddling; Scottish pre-1700 meddiling, pre-1700 meddilling, pre-1700 medleing, pre-1700 medling, pre-1700 1700s– meddling, 1700s midling.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: meddle v., -ing suffix¹.

Etymology: < meddle v. + -ing suffix¹. Compare earlier melling n.

†1.

a. The result of mixing, blending or combining; a mixture, blend, or combination. In first quot.: a patch in cloth. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > condition or state of being mixed or blended > [noun] > a mixture

mingingOE

mungc1175

meddlingc1384

mellaya1400

mixture?a1425

commixtion?a1439

medley1440

brothc1515

mingly1545

mingle1548

maslin1574

miscellane1582

commixture1590

flaumpaump1593

salad1603

miscellany1609

common1619

cento1625

misturea1626

mixtil1654

concrete1656

contemperation1664

ragout1672

crasis1677

alloy1707

mixtible1750

galimatias1762

misc.1851

syllabub1859

mixtry1862

cocktail1868

blend1883

admix1908

mix-up1918

mix1959

meld1973

katogo1994

c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) Matt. ix. 16 No man sendith ynne a medlynge [a1425 L.V. clout; L. commissuram] of rudee, or newe, clothe in to an olde clothe.

c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) John xix. 39 Nycodeme cam..beringe a medlynge [a1425 L.V. meddlynge; L. mixturam] of myrre and aloes.

c1450 in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 605/45 Pula, medlyng of water and wyne.

1482 Monk of Evesham 110 Trewly yn thys pele and rynging..a variant medelyng of melody sownyd wyth alle.

1582 S. Batman Vppon Bartholome, De Proprietatibus Rerum xvii. lxxv. 296/2 By medling of parts of aire and of fire, the colour thereof is green.

b. The action or process of mixing, blending or combining; the state of being mixed or combined. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > condition or state of being mixed or blended > [noun] > action or fact of mixing

mingingOE

mongling?c1225

mellinga1375

commixtiona1398

mixtiona1398

compounding1398

meddlinga1400

intermelling1413

mashing1440

medlure?a1475

commistion1495

contemperation1502

intermixtion?1520

mixing1525

mixture1530

mixting1532

minglinga1535

mingle1548

temperature1550

contemperament1565

commixture1567

intermingling1576

commixing1583

intermixture1592

mixc1595

minglement1602

interblending1605

contempering1609

intermeddling1611

contemperating1617

mistion1617

immixtion1653

immistion1658

alloy1672

intermixing1690

blendure1701

intermingledom1753

blending1795

comminglement1833

commingling1854

co-mingling1856

immixture1859

interminglement1873

interfuse1887

melding1939

a1400 tr. Lanfranc Sci. Cirurgie (Ashm.) (1894) 208 (MED) It [sc. herpes] comeþ in medlyng of colre þat is brent & malancolie innatural.

a1425 (?a1400) G. Chaucer Romaunt Rose (Hunterian) 898 His garnement was..ywrought with floures By dyvers medlyng of coloures.

1494 W. Hilton Scale of Perfection (de Worde) ii. iv For thenne shall the soule receyue..the full felynge of god in all myghtes of it, wythoute medelynge of ony other affeccyon.

a1500 Mandeville's Trav. (Rawl.) (1953) 420 (MED) He..holdeth his owne swettnes xx myle withinne the see, withouten noyinge or medlinge of the salte watir.

1577 Vicary's Profitable Treat. Anat. sig. H.j The senewes..with the Lygamentes..in their medling together..are made a Corde or a Tendon.

c. Fraudulent mixing (of goods). Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > condition or state of being mixed or blended > [noun] > action or fact of mixing > fraudulent mixing of wares

meddling1495

1495 Act 11 Hen. VII c. 23 §1 It shuld be well and truly packed, that is to sey, the greate Salmon by it self without medeling of any Grilles..with the same.

a. Formerly: †participation, intervention; dealing, management (obsolete). Now only: the action of taking part officiously or intrusively in the affairs of others; interference (with, in). Also: an instance of this.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > doing > activity or occupation > [noun] > fact or action of being concerned with

meddlingc1390

implicationc1430

mellingc1440

intermeddling1531

participation1582

mashing1607

trucka1625

concern1643

involvedness1654

interest1660

involvement1706

business1759

immixture1859

involution1886

a piece (also share) of the action1938

the world > action or operation > doing > activity or occupation > acting in another's business or intervention > [noun] > interference or meddling

entermetinga1325

intromeddle1524

interfering1562

meddle1602

intermeddling1611

mirding1614

interference1783

meddlinga1797

intermeddlement1836

meddlement1842

intromission1884

c1390 W. Hilton Mixed Life (Vernon) in C. Horstmann Yorkshire Writers (1895) I. 276 (MED) Suffre mekely..troublyng of þin herte be-cause of medlyng [v.r. mellynge] wiþ such bysynes.

a1425 (c1385) G. Chaucer Troilus & Criseyde (1987) iv. 167 She wolde..seyn that thorugh thy medlynge is iblowe Youre bother love, ther it was erst unknowe.

1438 in Norfolk Archaeol. (1855) 4 329 (MED) Alle my swannes..schall dwelle to the maner of Ingham..wt oute any medelyng or any interopcyon.

a1475 (?a1430) J. Lydgate tr. G. Deguileville Pilgrimage Life Man (Vitell.) 3229 (MED) He ys nat wys That in medlyng ys mor large Than the boundys of hys charge.

1536 Act 28 Hen. VIII in R. Bolton Statutes Ireland (1621) 179 Every such person and persons before any actual or reall possession or medling with the profites,..shall [etc.].

1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry VIII f. cxlix^* He [sc. the French king] thought..yet again once to haue a medelyng in Italy.

1599 R. Parsons Temperate Ward-word Pref. to Reader For medling in so base an exercise, as calumniation and rayling is.

1641 W. Laud Answer to Ld. Say touching Liturgy in Hist. Troubles (1695) 510 Hosius..condemned in him that kind of medling in and with Religion.

1676 R. Wiseman Severall Chirurg. Treat. iv. iv. 286 But I, being at that time much indisposed in my health, declined the meddling with it [sc. a tumour].

1701 D. Hume Diary Proc. Parl. & Privy Council Scotl. (1828) 59 An undue midling in the affairs of this kingdom.

a1797 E. Burke Thoughts on Scarcity (1800) 48 This most momentous of all meddling on the part of authority; the meddling with the subsistence of the people.

1877 J. A. Froude Short Stud. (1883) IV. i. x. 112 [He] had been moved to volunteer..by another instance of Becket's dangerous meddling.

1884 Athenæum 29 Mar. 400/2 The limits of needless meddling with the text of Sophocles seemed to have been reached.

1923 J. Buchan Midwinter (1924) iii. 68 I have no locus, as the lawyers say, for my meddling.

1988 S. Bellow Theft 13 With him there was no trivial meddling. He never tried to tell you what to do.

2003 J. Hohnberger et al. It's about People iv. 63 Tinkering never ends with just tinkering. It always moves on to meddling.

†b. In proverbial use. Obsolete.

ΚΠ

1545 R. Taverner tr. Erasmus Prouerbes (new ed.) sig. H In litle medlinge lyeth greate ease.

1546 J. Heywood Dialogue Prouerbes Eng. Tongue ii. ii. sig. G^v For of lytle medlyng there comth great rest.

1599 First Bk. Preseruation Henry VII sig. D2 For littel meddling, of most is thought to be wisest.

1659 J. Howell Prov. Eng. Toung 3/1 in Παροιμιογραϕια Of little medling comes great ease.

†3. (The action of having) sexual intercourse. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > sexual relations > sexual activity > [noun] > sexual intercourse

ymonec950

moneOE

meanc1175

manredc1275

swivinga1300

couplec1320

companyc1330

fellowred1340

the service of Venusc1350

miskissinga1387

fellowshipc1390

meddlinga1398

carnal knowinga1400

flesha1400

knowledgea1400

knowledginga1400

japec1400

commoning?c1425

commixtionc1429

itc1440

communicationc1450

couplingc1475

mellingc1480

carnality1483

copulation1483

mixturea1500

Venus act?1507

Venus exercise?1507

Venus play?1507

Venus work?1507

conversation?c1510

flesh-company1522

act?1532

carnal knowledge1532

occupying?1544

congression1546

soil1555

conjunction1567

fucking1568

rem in re1568

commixture1573

coiture1574

shaking of the sheets?1577

cohabitation1579

bedding1589

congress1589

union1598

embrace1599

making-outa1601

rutting1600

noddy1602

poop-noddy1606

conversinga1610

carnal confederacy1610

wapping1610

businessa1612

coition1615

doinga1616

amation1623

commerce1624

hot cocklesa1627

other thing1628

buck1632

act of love1638

commistion1658

subagitation1658

cuntc1664

coit1671

intimacy1676

the last favour1676

quiffing1686

old hat1697

correspondence1698

frigging1708

Moll Peatley1711

coitus1713

sexual intercourse1753

shagging1772

connection1791

intercourse1803

interunion1822

greens1846

tail1846

copula1864

poking1864

fuckeea1866

sex relation1871

wantonizing1884

belly-flopping1893

twatting1893

jelly roll1895

mattress-jig1896

sex1900

screwing1904

jazz1918

zig-zig1918

other1922

booty1926

pigmeat1926

jazzing1927

poontang1927

relations1927

whoopee1928

nookie1930

hump1931

jig-a-jig1932

homework1933

quickie1933

nasty1934

jig-jig1935

crumpet1936

pussy1937

Sir Berkeley1937

pom-pom1945

poon1947

charvering1954

mollocking1959

leg1967

rumpy-pumpy1968

shafting1971

home plate1972

pata-pata1977

bonking1985

legover1985

knobbing1986

rumpo1986

fanny1993

a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add.) f. 302^v A worme..gendreþ ofte of caule..and som tyme of medlynge of male and femele.

a1425 Bible (Wycliffite, L.V.) (Royal) Gen. xxx. 42 Whanne the late medlyng [a1425 E.V. comyng togidere]..weren, Jacob puttide not tho ȝerdis.

c1450 (?a1422) J. Lydgate Life Our Lady (Durh.) ii. 688 Eke certyn briddes called vultures Withoutyn medelyng [a1500 Ashm. mellyng] conceyved by nature.

1530 Myroure Oure Ladye (Fawkes) (1873) iii. 326 Que sine, whiche hathe begotte withoute medlynge of man.

1603 in H. Paton Dundonald Parish Rec. (1936) 8 Jonat Gibsoun..confessit hir medling in fornicatioun with Thomas Michell.

†4. Fighting, brawling; an instance of this. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > society and the community > dissent > fighting > [noun]

fightOE

skirmingc1275

medleyc1330

mellinga1375

strugglingc1386

mellayc1400

meddlinga1450

skirmerya1500

stightlinga1500

debatea1533

camping?1549

scrambling1598

scuffling1599

duel1764

tussling1844

scrapping1891

bopping1958

a1450 in J. Evans & M. S. Serjeantson Eng. Mediaeval Lapidaries (1933) 34 (MED) She doth awey the briddes fro þe land þat is sowe, & for-doth medelynge.

1481 W. Caxton tr. Siege & Conqueste Jerusalem (1893) xix. 49 Yf they wold goo in peas without medlynges and oultrages.

a1500 (?c1450) Merlin 199 (MED) Than be-gan the meddelynge amonge hem full crewell and fell.

a1533 Ld. Berners tr. A. de Guevara Golden Bk. M. Aurelius (1546) sig. R.v^v There was medlyng on bothe parties, the one to bear awaie, and the other to defend.

1616 T. Draxe Bibliotheca Scholastica 128 It is no medling with short daggers.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	meddling
释义	meddlingn. Brit. /ˈmɛdl̩ɪŋ/, /ˈmɛdlɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈmɛd(ə)lɪŋ/ Forms: Middle English meddlynge, Middle English–1500s meddelynge, Middle English–1500s medeling, Middle English–1500s medelyng, Middle English–1500s medelynge, Middle English–1500s medlyng, Middle English–1500s medlynge, Middle English–1600s medling, Middle English–1600s medlinge, 1500s meddeling, 1500s meddelyng, 1500s meddlyng, 1500s– meddling; Scottish pre-1700 meddiling, pre-1700 meddilling, pre-1700 medleing, pre-1700 medling, pre-1700 1700s– meddling, 1700s midling. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: meddle v., -ing suffix¹. Etymology: < meddle v. + -ing suffix¹. Compare earlier melling n. †1. a. The result of mixing, blending or combining; a mixture, blend, or combination. In first quot.: a patch in cloth. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > condition or state of being mixed or blended > [noun] > a mixture mingingOE mungc1175 meddlingc1384 mellaya1400 mixture?a1425 commixtion?a1439 medley1440 brothc1515 mingly1545 mingle1548 maslin1574 miscellane1582 commixture1590 flaumpaump1593 salad1603 miscellany1609 common1619 cento1625 misturea1626 mixtil1654 concrete1656 contemperation1664 ragout1672 crasis1677 alloy1707 mixtible1750 galimatias1762 misc.1851 syllabub1859 mixtry1862 cocktail1868 blend1883 admix1908 mix-up1918 mix1959 meld1973 katogo1994 c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) Matt. ix. 16 No man sendith ynne a medlynge [a1425 L.V. clout; L. commissuram] of rudee, or newe, clothe in to an olde clothe. c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) John xix. 39 Nycodeme cam..beringe a medlynge [a1425 L.V. meddlynge; L. mixturam] of myrre and aloes. c1450 in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 605/45 Pula, medlyng of water and wyne. 1482 Monk of Evesham 110 Trewly yn thys pele and rynging..a variant medelyng of melody sownyd wyth alle. 1582 S. Batman Vppon Bartholome, De Proprietatibus Rerum xvii. lxxv. 296/2 By medling of parts of aire and of fire, the colour thereof is green. b. The action or process of mixing, blending or combining; the state of being mixed or combined. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > condition or state of being mixed or blended > [noun] > action or fact of mixing mingingOE mongling?c1225 mellinga1375 commixtiona1398 mixtiona1398 compounding1398 meddlinga1400 intermelling1413 mashing1440 medlure?a1475 commistion1495 contemperation1502 intermixtion?1520 mixing1525 mixture1530 mixting1532 minglinga1535 mingle1548 temperature1550 contemperament1565 commixture1567 intermingling1576 commixing1583 intermixture1592 mixc1595 minglement1602 interblending1605 contempering1609 intermeddling1611 contemperating1617 mistion1617 immixtion1653 immistion1658 alloy1672 intermixing1690 blendure1701 intermingledom1753 blending1795 comminglement1833 commingling1854 co-mingling1856 immixture1859 interminglement1873 interfuse1887 melding1939 a1400 tr. Lanfranc Sci. Cirurgie (Ashm.) (1894) 208 (MED) It [sc. herpes] comeþ in medlyng of colre þat is brent & malancolie innatural. a1425 (?a1400) G. Chaucer Romaunt Rose (Hunterian) 898 His garnement was..ywrought with floures By dyvers medlyng of coloures. 1494 W. Hilton Scale of Perfection (de Worde) ii. iv For thenne shall the soule receyue..the full felynge of god in all myghtes of it, wythoute medelynge of ony other affeccyon. a1500 Mandeville's Trav. (Rawl.) (1953) 420 (MED) He..holdeth his owne swettnes xx myle withinne the see, withouten noyinge or medlinge of the salte watir. 1577 Vicary's Profitable Treat. Anat. sig. H.j The senewes..with the Lygamentes..in their medling together..are made a Corde or a Tendon. c. Fraudulent mixing (of goods). Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > condition or state of being mixed or blended > [noun] > action or fact of mixing > fraudulent mixing of wares meddling1495 1495 Act 11 Hen. VII c. 23 §1 It shuld be well and truly packed, that is to sey, the greate Salmon by it self without medeling of any Grilles..with the same. 2. a. Formerly: †participation, intervention; dealing, management (obsolete). Now only: the action of taking part officiously or intrusively in the affairs of others; interference (with, in). Also: an instance of this. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > doing > activity or occupation > [noun] > fact or action of being concerned with meddlingc1390 implicationc1430 mellingc1440 intermeddling1531 participation1582 mashing1607 trucka1625 concern1643 involvedness1654 interest1660 involvement1706 business1759 immixture1859 involution1886 a piece (also share) of the action1938 the world > action or operation > doing > activity or occupation > acting in another's business or intervention > [noun] > interference or meddling entermetinga1325 intromeddle1524 interfering1562 meddle1602 intermeddling1611 mirding1614 interference1783 meddlinga1797 intermeddlement1836 meddlement1842 intromission1884 c1390 W. Hilton Mixed Life (Vernon) in C. Horstmann Yorkshire Writers (1895) I. 276 (MED) Suffre mekely..troublyng of þin herte be-cause of medlyng [v.r. mellynge] wiþ such bysynes. a1425 (c1385) G. Chaucer Troilus & Criseyde (1987) iv. 167 She wolde..seyn that thorugh thy medlynge is iblowe Youre bother love, ther it was erst unknowe. 1438 in Norfolk Archaeol. (1855) 4 329 (MED) Alle my swannes..schall dwelle to the maner of Ingham..wt oute any medelyng or any interopcyon. a1475 (?a1430) J. Lydgate tr. G. Deguileville Pilgrimage Life Man (Vitell.) 3229 (MED) He ys nat wys That in medlyng ys mor large Than the boundys of hys charge. 1536 Act 28 Hen. VIII in R. Bolton Statutes Ireland (1621) 179 Every such person and persons before any actual or reall possession or medling with the profites,..shall [etc.]. 1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry VIII f. cxlix^* He [sc. the French king] thought..yet again once to haue a medelyng in Italy. 1599 R. Parsons Temperate Ward-word Pref. to Reader For medling in so base an exercise, as calumniation and rayling is. 1641 W. Laud Answer to Ld. Say touching Liturgy in Hist. Troubles (1695) 510 Hosius..condemned in him that kind of medling in and with Religion. 1676 R. Wiseman Severall Chirurg. Treat. iv. iv. 286 But I, being at that time much indisposed in my health, declined the meddling with it [sc. a tumour]. 1701 D. Hume Diary Proc. Parl. & Privy Council Scotl. (1828) 59 An undue midling in the affairs of this kingdom. a1797 E. Burke Thoughts on Scarcity (1800) 48 This most momentous of all meddling on the part of authority; the meddling with the subsistence of the people. 1877 J. A. Froude Short Stud. (1883) IV. i. x. 112 [He] had been moved to volunteer..by another instance of Becket's dangerous meddling. 1884 Athenæum 29 Mar. 400/2 The limits of needless meddling with the text of Sophocles seemed to have been reached. 1923 J. Buchan Midwinter (1924) iii. 68 I have no locus, as the lawyers say, for my meddling. 1988 S. Bellow Theft 13 With him there was no trivial meddling. He never tried to tell you what to do. 2003 J. Hohnberger et al. It's about People iv. 63 Tinkering never ends with just tinkering. It always moves on to meddling. †b. In proverbial use. Obsolete. ΚΠ 1545 R. Taverner tr. Erasmus Prouerbes (new ed.) sig. H In litle medlinge lyeth greate ease. 1546 J. Heywood Dialogue Prouerbes Eng. Tongue ii. ii. sig. G^v For of lytle medlyng there comth great rest. 1599 First Bk. Preseruation Henry VII sig. D2 For littel meddling, of most is thought to be wisest. 1659 J. Howell Prov. Eng. Toung 3/1 in Παροιμιογραϕια Of little medling comes great ease. †3. (The action of having) sexual intercourse. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sexual relations > sexual activity > [noun] > sexual intercourse ymonec950 moneOE meanc1175 manredc1275 swivinga1300 couplec1320 companyc1330 fellowred1340 the service of Venusc1350 miskissinga1387 fellowshipc1390 meddlinga1398 carnal knowinga1400 flesha1400 knowledgea1400 knowledginga1400 japec1400 commoning?c1425 commixtionc1429 itc1440 communicationc1450 couplingc1475 mellingc1480 carnality1483 copulation1483 mixturea1500 Venus act?1507 Venus exercise?1507 Venus play?1507 Venus work?1507 conversation?c1510 flesh-company1522 act?1532 carnal knowledge1532 occupying?1544 congression1546 soil1555 conjunction1567 fucking1568 rem in re1568 commixture1573 coiture1574 shaking of the sheets?1577 cohabitation1579 bedding1589 congress1589 union1598 embrace1599 making-outa1601 rutting1600 noddy1602 poop-noddy1606 conversinga1610 carnal confederacy1610 wapping1610 businessa1612 coition1615 doinga1616 amation1623 commerce1624 hot cocklesa1627 other thing1628 buck1632 act of love1638 commistion1658 subagitation1658 cuntc1664 coit1671 intimacy1676 the last favour1676 quiffing1686 old hat1697 correspondence1698 frigging1708 Moll Peatley1711 coitus1713 sexual intercourse1753 shagging1772 connection1791 intercourse1803 interunion1822 greens1846 tail1846 copula1864 poking1864 fuckeea1866 sex relation1871 wantonizing1884 belly-flopping1893 twatting1893 jelly roll1895 mattress-jig1896 sex1900 screwing1904 jazz1918 zig-zig1918 other1922 booty1926 pigmeat1926 jazzing1927 poontang1927 relations1927 whoopee1928 nookie1930 hump1931 jig-a-jig1932 homework1933 quickie1933 nasty1934 jig-jig1935 crumpet1936 pussy1937 Sir Berkeley1937 pom-pom1945 poon1947 charvering1954 mollocking1959 leg1967 rumpy-pumpy1968 shafting1971 home plate1972 pata-pata1977 bonking1985 legover1985 knobbing1986 rumpo1986 fanny1993 a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add.) f. 302^v A worme..gendreþ ofte of caule..and som tyme of medlynge of male and femele. a1425 Bible (Wycliffite, L.V.) (Royal) Gen. xxx. 42 Whanne the late medlyng [a1425 E.V. comyng togidere]..weren, Jacob puttide not tho ȝerdis. c1450 (?a1422) J. Lydgate Life Our Lady (Durh.) ii. 688 Eke certyn briddes called vultures Withoutyn medelyng [a1500 Ashm. mellyng] conceyved by nature. 1530 Myroure Oure Ladye (Fawkes) (1873) iii. 326 Que sine, whiche hathe begotte withoute medlynge of man. 1603 in H. Paton Dundonald Parish Rec. (1936) 8 Jonat Gibsoun..confessit hir medling in fornicatioun with Thomas Michell. †4. Fighting, brawling; an instance of this. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > dissent > fighting > [noun] fightOE skirmingc1275 medleyc1330 mellinga1375 strugglingc1386 mellayc1400 meddlinga1450 skirmerya1500 stightlinga1500 debatea1533 camping?1549 scrambling1598 scuffling1599 duel1764 tussling1844 scrapping1891 bopping1958 a1450 in J. Evans & M. S. Serjeantson Eng. Mediaeval Lapidaries (1933) 34 (MED) She doth awey the briddes fro þe land þat is sowe, & for-doth medelynge. 1481 W. Caxton tr. Siege & Conqueste Jerusalem (1893) xix. 49 Yf they wold goo in peas without medlynges and oultrages. a1500 (?c1450) Merlin 199 (MED) Than be-gan the meddelynge amonge hem full crewell and fell. a1533 Ld. Berners tr. A. de Guevara Golden Bk. M. Aurelius (1546) sig. R.v^v There was medlyng on bothe parties, the one to bear awaie, and the other to defend. 1616 T. Draxe Bibliotheca Scholastica 128 It is no medling with short daggers. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022). meddlingadj. Brit. /ˈmɛdl̩ɪŋ/, /ˈmɛdlɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈmɛd(ə)lɪŋ/ Forms: 1500s medlyng, 1500s medlynge, 1500s–1600s medling, 1700s– meddling. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: meddle v., -ing suffix². Etymology: < meddle v. + -ing suffix². That meddles; interfering. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > doing > activity or occupation > acting in another's business or intervention > [adjective] > interfering or meddling entermetinga1325 meddleousc1450 meddlinga1529 meddlesome1615 interfering1718 intermeddling1804 dabblesome1866 monkey-doodle1886 a1529 J. Skelton Speke Parrot in Certayne Bks. (?1545) sig. A.iii To wyse is no vertue, to medlyng, to restles. 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 318/1 Medlynge, entremetteux. c1595 Countess of Pembroke Psalme cxxxi. 4 in Coll. Wks. (1998) II. 223 Neuer..haue I borne in things to hygh A medling mind. 1629 J. Earle Micro-cosmogr. (ed. 5) xxvii. sig. F3^v A medling man Is one that has nothing to do with his businesse, and yet no man busier then hee. 1637 J. Milton Comus 29 And ill lucke signes That the shrewd medling elfe delights to make. 1772 S. Whyte Shamrock 83 By his busy, meddling Tongue, Her Age must every Year be sung. 1798 W. Wordsworth Tables Turned in W. Wordsworth & S. T. Coleridge Lyrical Ballads 188 Our meddling intellect Mishapes the beauteous forms of things. 1830 T. B. Macaulay Southey's Colloq. in Ess. (1850) 112 A meddling government, a government which tells them what to read, and say, and eat, and drink, and wear. 1859 J. M. Jephson & L. Reeve Narr. Walking Tour Brittany v. 57 That meddling personage Mrs. Grundy. 1906 R. Whiteing Ring in New 78 The meddling cleverness of it all quite o'ercrowed her spirit. 1946 S. J. Perelman Keep it Crisp 258 I mean to show this meddling upstart how we deal with kiss thieves in Heublein's Fens. 1996 New Republic 4 Mar. 36/1 A bunch of nosy, meddling women..were on his case. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.c1384adj.a1529
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