† startmealadv.

Forms: late Middle English startemele, late Middle English stertmele, late Middle English stirtemeel.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: start n.², -meal suffix.

Etymology: < start n.² + -meal suffix.

Obsolete.

By fits and starts; irregularly.

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > frequency > infrequency > [adverb] > intermittently

by (formerly also at) startsc1422

startmeal?c1422

off and on1535

every otherwhile1542

by, or in, snatches1577

by fits and turns1583

by halves and fits1583

one time with another1591

fit-meal1593

by fits and spurts1605

planetarily?1609

scatteredly1612

startinglya1616

by snaps1631

intermittingly1654

from space to space1658

on and off1668

at (by) intervals1744

cessantly1746

by spells1788

fitfully1792

by fits and spasms1797

everylikea1800

intermittently1800

intermittedly1829

interjectionally1837

jerkily1839

at seasons1850

sporadically1852

parenthetically1860

spasmodically1877

snatchily1880

variously1892

?c1422 T. Hoccleve Ars Sciendi Mori l. 660 in Minor Poems (1970) i. 203 Stirtemeel gooth my powr [read pows].

c1475 (c1445) R. Pecock Donet (1921) 211 (MED) I wote wel þat þou schalt stertmele and bi litil whilis menge þese maters to gider, wille þou, nylle þou.

1479 W. Caxton in Earl Rivers tr. Cordyal (colophon) He hath put him in deuoyr at all tymes whenn he might haue a leyser, whiche was but startemele to translate diuerse bookes.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2016; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	startmeal
释义	† startmealadv. Forms: late Middle English startemele, late Middle English stertmele, late Middle English stirtemeel. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: start n.², -meal suffix. Etymology: < start n.² + -meal suffix. Obsolete. By fits and starts; irregularly. ΘΚΠ the world > time > frequency > infrequency > [adverb] > intermittently by (formerly also at) startsc1422 startmeal?c1422 off and on1535 every otherwhile1542 by, or in, snatches1577 by fits and turns1583 by halves and fits1583 one time with another1591 fit-meal1593 by fits and spurts1605 planetarily?1609 scatteredly1612 startinglya1616 by snaps1631 intermittingly1654 from space to space1658 on and off1668 at (by) intervals1744 cessantly1746 by spells1788 fitfully1792 by fits and spasms1797 everylikea1800 intermittently1800 intermittedly1829 interjectionally1837 jerkily1839 at seasons1850 sporadically1852 parenthetically1860 spasmodically1877 snatchily1880 variously1892 ?c1422 T. Hoccleve Ars Sciendi Mori l. 660 in Minor Poems (1970) i. 203 Stirtemeel gooth my powr [read pows]. c1475 (c1445) R. Pecock Donet (1921) 211 (MED) I wote wel þat þou schalt stertmele and bi litil whilis menge þese maters to gider, wille þou, nylle þou. 1479 W. Caxton in Earl Rivers tr. Cordyal (colophon) He hath put him in deuoyr at all tymes whenn he might haue a leyser, whiche was but startemele to translate diuerse bookes. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2016; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < adv.?c1422
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