missel
English edit
Etymology 1 edit
Noun edit
missel (countable and uncountable, plural missels)
Related terms edit
Etymology 2 edit
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.
Adjective edit
missel
Noun edit
missel (plural missels)
References edit
- “† mesel, adj. and n.”, in OED Online , Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, 2022.
- “missel”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
Anagrams edit
French edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
missel m (plural missels)
Further reading edit
- “missel”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.