English Explanatory Dictionary

mesel

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Synonym of leprous: having leprosy or a similar skin disorder.
  2. Synonym of wretched.
  3. Synonym of repulsive.
  4. Synonym of sinful.
  5. Synonym of diseased, particularly visibly displaying a diseased exterior.
noun
  1. Synonym of leper.
  2. A repulsive person.
  3. Synonym of leprosy: Hansen's disease and similar skin disorders.

Word forms

mesel mesyl mesell mesall messel messell mesele mesale missel misell missell missale missaell messelle messille mysal mysel mysale mysell myssaell myssale myssele myssell mesill mysill mezell mezill measell meazle meazel mesels

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.

Synonyms

leprous wretched repulsive sinful diseased particularly visibly displaying a diseased exterior leper leprosy

Derived words

mesel-cote meseled mesel house meseling mesel man meselness meselry mesely
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