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Meaning of Roaring Meg | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

  1. A large cannon; specifically, the large 15th cannon at Edinburgh Castle (more usually called ‘Mons Meg’), or the cannon used to defend Londonderry during the siege of 1688-9.
    historical
  2. Any large or impressive thing.
    archaic, figuratively
  3. A kind of spinning top.
    obsolete

Examples

“Musica est mentis medicina mæstæ, a roaring-meg against melancholy, to rear and revive the languishing soul […]”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

roaring success Roaring Twenties Roaringest Roark Roarke Roars

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