Meaning

noun the flesh of animals (including fishes and birds and snails) used as food

noun the inner and usually edible part of a seed or grain or nut or fruit stone

noun the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience

originInherited from Middle English mete (“food”), from Old English mete (“food”), from Proto-West Germanic *mati (“food”), from Proto-Germanic *matiz (“food”), from Proto-Indo-European *meh₂d- (“to be wet; grease, fat”). Cognates Cognate with North Frisian…

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