measlings
English edit
Alternative forms edit
- meslings (obs.)
Etymology edit
Unknown, but probably via Scandinavian forms such as Swedish mässlingen (“pustules, measles”), Danish mæslinger (“measles”), Icelandic mislingar (“measles”), etc. combining the Germanic roots related to blood blisters with the suffix -ing.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
measlings pl (normally plural, singular measling)
- (UK dialect) Synonym of measles: the disease caused by M. morbillivirus, the red spots caused by the disease.
- 1970, Harold Orton et al., Survey of English Dialects, volume III, page 832:
- Measlings... Nf [i.e. Norfolk].
References edit
- “measlings, n.”, in OED Online , Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, 2022.