menil

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See also: měnil

English

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Uncertain. In old works, other spellings are mentioned (or rarely, used), including menald, menild, mennal. Perhaps from meanelled, from the also-obscure old term meanelled, used for spots on the coats of horses.

Adjective

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menil (comparative more menil, superlative most menil)

  1. (of an animal, especially a deer) Covered with spots; speckled; variegated.
    a menil buck

Anagrams

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Slovene

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Participle

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mẹ́nił

  1. masculine singular l-participle of meniti