meazel
English
editEtymology
editFrom 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.
Adjective
editmeazel
Noun
editmeazel (plural meazels)
References
edit- “† mesel, adj. and n.”, in OED Online , Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, 2022.