Part 6919

<hw>Med"dler</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who meddles; one who interferes or busies himself with things in which he has no concern; an officious person; a busybody.</def>

<h1>Meddlesome</h1> <Xpage=907>

<hw>Med"dle*some</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Given to meddling; apt to interpose in the affairs of others; officiously intrusive.</def> -- <wordforms><wf>Med"dle*some*ness</wf>, <tt>n.</tt></wordforms>

<h1>Meddling</h1> <Xpage=907>

<hw>Med"dling</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Meddlesome.</def>

<i>Macaulay.</i>

<h1>Meddlingly</h1> <Xpage=907>

<hw>Med"dling*ly</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>In a meddling manner.</def>

<h1>Mede</h1> <Xpage=907>

<hw>Mede</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A native or inhabitant of Media in Asia.</def>

<h1>Mede</h1> <Xpage=907>

<hw>Mede</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>See lst & 2d <er>Mead</er>, and <er>Meed</er>.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<h1>Media</h1> <Xpage=907>

<hw>Me"di*a</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>, <def><tt>pl.</tt> of <er>Medium</er>.</def>

<h1>Media</h1> <Xpage=907>

<hw>Me"di*a</hw>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Medi\'91</plw> <tt>(-&emac;)</tt></plu>. <ety>[NL., fr. L. <ets>medius</ets> middle.]</ety> <fld>(Phonetics)</fld> <def>One of the sonant mutes &beta;, &delta;, &gamma; (<it>b</it>, <it>d</it>, <it>g</it>), in Greek, or of their equivalents in other languages, so named as intermediate between the <i>tenues</i>, &pi;, &tau;, &kappa; (<it>p</it>, <it>t</it>, <it>k</it>), and the <it>aspirat\'91</it> (aspirates) &phi;, &theta;, &chi; (<it>ph</it> or <it>f</it>, <it>th</it>, <it>ch</it>). Also called <altname>middle mute</altname>, or <altname>medial</altname>, and sometimes <altname>soft mute</altname>.</def>

<h1>Mediacy</h1> <Xpage=907>

<hw>Me"di*a*cy</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The state or quality of being mediate.</def>

<i>Sir W. Hamilton.</i>

<h1>Medi\'91val</h1> <Xpage=907>

<hw>Me`di*\'91"val</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>medius</ets> middle + <ets>aevum</ets> age. See <er>Middle</er>, and <er>Age</er>.]</ety> <def>Of or relating to the Middle Ages; <as>as, <ex>medi\'91val</ex> architecture</as>.</def> <altsp>[Written also <asp>medieval</asp>.]</altsp>

<h1>Medi\'91valism</h1> <Xpage=907>

<hw>Me`di*\'91"val*ism</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The method or spirit of the Middle Ages; devotion to the institutions and practices of the Middle Ages; a survival from the Middle Ages.</def> <altsp>[Written also <asp>medievalism</asp>.]</altsp>

<h1>Medi\'91valist</h1> <Xpage=907>

<hw>Me`di*\'91"val*ist</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who has a taste for, or is versed in, the history of the Middle Ages; one in sympathy with the spirit or forms of the Middle Ages.</def> <altsp>[Written also <asp>medievalist</asp>.]</altsp>

<h1>Medi\'91vally</h1> <Xpage=907>

<hw>Me`di*\'91"val*ly</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>In the manner of the Middle Ages; in accordance with medi\'91valism.</def>

<h1>Medi\'91vals</h1> <Xpage=907>