Lexicon: mere – mesh

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mere (-st), adj. [L. merus, undiluted, unmixed, pure.]

  1. Most ordinary; most typical; least important.
  2. Trivial; dear; absolute; perfect.

merely, adv. [see mere, adj.]

  1. Simply; only.
  2. Just; no more than.

meridian, n. [Fr. < L. 'noon'.] (webplay: sun).

  1. Sun; noon day sun; highest point of the sun.
  2. Midsummer.

merino, adj. [Sp.]

Thick wool made from the wool of sheep from Spain.

merit, n. [OFr < L. merere, to obtain for one's share, earn as pay, deserve.] (webplay: desert, earn, worth).

  1. Reward; achievement; value; right; excellence.
  2. Worthiness; virtue; love.
  3. Reason.
  4. Praise.

merit (-ed), v. [see merit, n.]

Earn; deserve.

mermaid (-s), n. [Fr. mere + maid, Ger. meerjungfrau.]

Fictitious marine animal with the head and torso of a woman and the body of a fish.

merriment, n. [see merry, adj.]

Lightheartedness; happiness; gaiety; pleasure.

merry (merrier), adj. [Du. merchte, mirth.] (webplay: gay).

  1. Happy; joyful; gay; playful; jovial; jolly.
  2. Light; lively.

mesh, n. [OE max.]

  1. Finely woven net; entanglement; web.
  2. Veil.