PIECEMEALED

Etymology

Adjective

piecemealed (not comparable)

Divided into pieces.

Source: Wiktionary


Piece"mealed`, a.

Definition: Divided into pieces.

PIECEMEAL

Piece"meal`, adv. Etym: [OE. pecemele; pece a piece + AS. m, dat. pl. of m part. See Meal a portion.]

1. In pieces; in parts or fragments. "On which it piecemeal brake." Chapman. The beasts will tear thee piecemeal. Tennyson.

2. Piece by piece; by little and little in succession. Piecemeal they win, this acre first, than that. Pope.

Piece"meal`, a.

Definition: Made up of parts or pieces; single; separate. "These piecemeal guilts." Gov. of Tongue.

Piece"meal`, n.

Definition: A fragment; a scrap. R. Vaughan.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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