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missell en · VERB · etymology 1

Etymology

From mis- + sell.

Meanings

1. (transitive) To sell something wrongly or fraudulently.
   • The company is accused of misselling insurance policies.
   • HS2 has never had that. It was missold, misnamed and misconceived. It was promoted as a piece of engineering, rather than as a vital part of the railway. 2024 February 7, Christian Wolmar, “LNER's crazy idea will price more people off the railway”, in RAIL, number 1002, page 45:

Forms

missell en · ADJ · etymology 2

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. (alt-of, obsolete) Obsolete form of mesel, in its various senses.
   alt of mesel

missell en · NOUN · etymology 2

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. (alt-of, obsolete) Obsolete form of mesel, in its various senses.
   alt of mesel

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