mesell
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
editmesell
Noun
editmesell (plural mesells)
References
edit- “† mesel, adj. and n.”, in OED Online , Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, 2022.
Anagrams
editCatalan
editEtymology
editInherited from Latin misellus (“wretched”).
Adjective
editmesell (feminine mesella, masculine plural mesells, feminine plural meselles)
References
edit- “mesell” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
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