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measlings en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈmiːzlɪŋz/

Etymology

Unknown, but probably via pluralia tantum Scandinavian words like Danish mæslinger (“measles”), Icelandic mislingar (“measles”) and Norwegian Nynorsk meslingar, combining the Germanic roots related to blood blisters with the suffix -ing.

Meanings

1. (UK, dialectal, plural, plural-normally) Synonym of measles: the disease caused by M. morbillivirus, the red spots caused by the disease.
   • Measlings... Nf [i.e. Norfolk]. 1970, Harold Orton et al., Survey of English Dialects, volume III, page 832:
   • Measlings, measles. 1890, The New Sydenham Society's Lexicon of Medicine and the Allied Sciences, s.v.:
   • ‘What āals yar barn, Missis?’ ‘Shoo’s gotten t’mezlings!’ 1862, C. Clough Robinson, The Dialect of Leeds & Its Neighbourhood, page 358:

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Synonyms

measles