mead

Meaning

1. An alcoholic drink fermented from honey and water.
2. A drink composed of syrup of sarsaparilla or other flavouring extract, and water, and sometimes charged with carbon dioxide.

Synonyms

meadow

honey beer

hayfield

hydromel

lea

metheglin

pasturage

pasture

prairie

sima

dandelion wine

field

honey wine

grassland

Pronounced as (IPA)

/miːd/

Etymology

From Middle English mede, from Old English medu, from Proto-West Germanic *medu, from Proto-Germanic *meduz, from Proto-Indo-European *médʰu (“honey; honey wine”).
Cognate with Ancient Greek μέθυ (méthu), Lithuanian medùs, Old Church Slavonic медъ (medŭ, “honey”), Persian می (mey), Sanskrit मधु (mádhu), Welsh medd, Finnish mesi, Chinese 蜜 (mì).