Tuesday, September 16, 2014

meteor, meatier

Meteor or meteor means a small body traveling through space, one that has entered Earth's atmosphere and become luminous--
They sat out on the lawn until late at night, hoping to see a meteor--a shooting star.
His success came as suddenly as a meteor, but so did his fall.

Meatier or meatier is the comparative ( more than ) form of "meaty", meaning rich in meat or substance, literally or figuratively--
This stew is much meatier than the one you made last week.
He should be reading something meatier than comic books.

Now that you know that, you can say--
"His interest in the meteor inspired him to read some meatier books--science texts instead of science fiction."

Note--the phrase "mete or", means measure or allot ( mete) as one of two or more alternatives (or )--
When will they mete or distribute the food that has been collected?

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