everydel

Middle English

Alternative forms

  • everydeel

Etymology

From everichevery + del (a part, thing).

Noun

everydel (uncountable)

  1. everything
    • 1387–1400, Geoffrey Chaucer, “(please specify the story)”, in The Canterbury Tales, [Westminster: William Caxton, published 1478], →OCLC; republished in [William Thynne], editor, The Workes of Geffray Chaucer Newlye Printed, [], [London]: [] [Richard Grafton for] Iohn Reynes [], 1542, →OCLC, line 1288:
      Whan he hadde found his firste mansioun,
      He knew the remenaunt by proporcioun,
      And knew the arising of his moone wel,
      And in whos face, and terme, and everydel, [...]
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Adverb

everydel

  1. entirely, completely, in every respect
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