Meta

Origin

From meta-

Full definition of meta

Adjective

1. (informal) Self-referential; at a higher level
• ... in finessing obligations you fail a "meta" kind of obligation.
• Besides, I can just hear Vaughan: "Very funny, Stacey, very Charlie Kaufman-esque, very meta, very '97. I can't use it."

Noun

1. boundary marker
2. Either of the conical columns at each end of a Roman circus

Anagrams

• mate, maté, meat, tame, team