MENSAL

PRONUNCIATION:
(MEN-suhl)


MEANING:
adjective:
1. Monthly.
2. Relating to the table.


ETYMOLOGY:
For 1: From Latin mensis (month). Earliest documented use: 1475.
For 2: From Latin mensa (table). Earliest documented use: 1440.

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MESSAL

1: In need of guidance; disorganized
2: A small meal; also, the room in which it is consumed (cf. Anathem, by Neal Stephenson