Meg

See also: meg, MEG, még, mēg, -meg, and meg-

English

Pronunciation

• enPR: mĕg, IPA^(key): /mɛɡ/

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• Rhymes: -ɛɡ

Etymology 1

Alternative forms

• Megs

Proper noun

Meg (plural Megs)

1. A diminutive of the female given names Margaret or Megan.
   • 1818, John Keats, Meg Merrilies:

     Old Meg was brave as Margaret Queen,
     And tall as Amazon:
     An old red blanket cloak she wore,
     A chip-hat had she on.

   • 1985, E. L. Doctorow, World's Fair, Fawcett Crest, published 1986, →ISBN, page 208:

     My mother thought Meg a sweet child, that's what she called her, a sweet child, although she was critical of her name.
     'What kind of name is that,' she said.
     'It's short for Margaret,' I said. 'But everyone calls her Meg.'
     'Well, that's no name for a girl, that's a scullery maid's name. I fault the mother.'

Etymology 2

Noun

Meg (plural Megs)

1. (colloquial) Megalodon.
   • 2002, Mark Renz, Megalodon: Hunting the Hunter, page 33:

     The Bone Valley Region of Florida has multiple Miocene nursery sites in which neonate and young Meg teeth are abundant, as well as food sources. Young Megs probably consumed a lot of large fish but because fish vertebrae don't hold up well in the fossil record, it's difficult to get an accurate reading.

Anagrams

• EGM, EMG, GEM, Gem, MGE, gem