metanoia
In 1967, Laing published The Politics of Experience. Though not his best book, perhaps, it was the most popular, selling more than six million copies in the United States alone. At the risk of oversimplifying somewhat , Laing argued that mad people have regressed to a level of experience that precedes the acquisition of rudimentary distinctions between inner and outer, past and present, real and imaginary, good and bad, etc., but that their anguish and confusion may herald an inner voyage – termed metanoia – which under optimal circumstances, can result in the emergence of a more authentic and integrated way of being-in-the-world.


metheglin
n.
5Welsh meddyglyn < medd, MEAD1 + llyn, juice6 an alcoholic liquor made of fermented honey, often containing a spice or medicinal substance: a kind of mead

m=tier
n.
5Fr < OFr mestier, ult. < L ministerium: see MINISTRY6
1 a trade, profession, or occupation; esp., the work that one is particularly suited for
2 one‘s area of expertise or strength; forte

metropolitan
adj.
5LL metropolitanus6
1 of or constituting a METROPOLIS (senses 1 & 2)
2 designating or of a METROPOLITAN (sense 2)
>3 designating or of a population area consisting of a central city and smaller surrounding communities
4 designating or of a mother country as distinguished from a colony, territory, etc.
n.
1 a person who lives in and knows a METROPOLIS (senses 1 & 2) or one who has the characteristic attitudes and manners of such a person
2 5LL(Ec) Metropolitanus6 a) an archbishop having authority over the bishops of a church province b) Eastern Ch. a bishop ranking just below a patriarch
3 in ancient Greece, a citizen of a METROPOLIS (sense 3)

mhometer - in electronics, an ohm is the measure of resitance to flow of a current. A mho (ohm backwards) is measure of conductance.

microseism
n.
5< MICRO3 + Gr seismos: see SEISMIC6 a very slight tremor or quivering of the earth‘s crust
mi#cro[seis4mic 73sjz4mik, 3sjs4mik8
adj.

Micawberish - behavior resembling Dickens’ character, who quite unrealistcally expected good fortune to come to him


micraner - a real worthless word - a coinage meaning an abnormally small ant


microphakia - abnormally small size of lens of eye

milanaise, ŕ la [mee-lah-NEHZ]

A French cookery term for PASTA tossed with butter and grated cheese and topped with a tomato sauce made with shredded ham, pickled tongue, mushrooms and truffles.


minauderie - a display of affectation


mince 7mins8
vt.
minced, minc4ing 5ME mincen < OFr mincier < VL *minutiare < L minutus, small: see MINUTE26
1 to cut up or chop up (meat, etc.) into very small pieces; hash
2 to subdivide minutely
3 to express or do with affected elegance or daintiness
4 to lessen the force of; weaken, as by euphemism !to mince no words"
vi.
1 to speak or act with affected elegance or daintiness
2 to walk with short steps or in an affected, dainty manner
n.
MINCEMEAT
not mince matters to speak frankly
minc$er
n.

minification - to make small in appearance

minikin

5MDu minneken, dim. of minne, love: see MINNESINGER & 3KIN6
1 [Obs.] a darling
2 [Rare] anything very small and delicate
adj.
[Archaic]
1 diminutive
2 affected