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mesel en · ADJ

Etymology

From Middle English mesel (“leprous, leper”), from Norman mesel (“leprous, leper”), from Old French mesel (“leprous, leper”), from Late Latin misellus (“leper”), from miser (“wretched, wretch”) + -ellus (“-elle”). Doublet of measles.

Meanings

1. (obsolete) Synonym of leprous: having leprosy or a similar skin disorder.
   • Also in that flome Jordan Naaman of Syria bathed him, that was full rich, but he was mesell; and there anon he took his health. 1357, John Mandeville, The Travels of Sir John Mandeville:
2. (figuratively, obsolete) Synonym of wretched.
3. (figuratively, obsolete) Synonym of repulsive.
4. (figuratively, obsolete) Synonym of sinful.
5. (obsolete) Synonym of diseased, particularly visibly displaying a diseased exterior.

Forms

Synonyms

particularly visibly displaying a diseased exterior · diseased · wretched · repulsive · sinful · leprous

mesel en · NOUN

Etymology

From Middle English mesel (“leprous, leper”), from Norman mesel (“leprous, leper”), from Old French mesel (“leprous, leper”), from Late Latin misellus (“leper”), from miser (“wretched, wretch”) + -ellus (“-elle”). Doublet of measles.

Meanings

1. (obsolete) Synonym of leper.
2. (figuratively, obsolete) A repulsive person.
3. (obsolete) Synonym of leprosy: Hansen's disease and similar skin disorders.

Forms

Deriveds

meseling · mesel house · mesely · meseled · mesel-cote · mesel man · meselness · meselry

Synonyms

leper · leprosy