Mealy
['miːlɪ] or ['mili]
Definition
(superl.) Having the qualities of meal; resembling meal; soft, dry, and friable; easily reduced to a condition resembling meal; as, a mealy potato.
(superl.) Overspread with something that resembles meal; as, the mealy wings of an insect.
Checked by Gregory
Synonyms and Synonymous
a. Farinaceous.
Checker: Zelig
Examples
- Mealy Potatoes uprose once, and rebelled against my being so distinguished; but Mick Walker settled him in no time. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- Mealy boys, and beef-faced boys. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- I am never mealy with 'em. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- He also informed me that our principal associate would be another boy whom he introduced by the--to me--extraordinary name of Mealy Potatoes. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
Editor: Quentin