mesel

== English == === Alternative forms === mesyl, mesell, mesall, messel, messell, mesele, mesale, missel, mesell, misell, missell, missale, missaell, messelle, messille, mysal, mysel, mysale, mysell, myssaell, myssale, myssele, myssell, mesill, mysill, mezell, mezill, measell, meazle, meazel === 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. === Adjective === mesel (medicine, obsolete) Synonym of leprous: having leprosy or a similar skin disorder. [14th–17th c.] (figurative, obsolete) Synonym of wretched. (figurative, obsolete) Synonym of repulsive. (figurative, obsolete) Synonym of sinful. (zoology, obsolete) Synonym of diseased, particularly visibly displaying a diseased exterior. === Noun === mesel (plural mesels) (medicine, obsolete) Synonym of leper. (figurative, obsolete) A repulsive person. (medicine, obsolete) Synonym of leprosy: Hansen's disease and similar skin disorders. ==== Derived terms ==== mesel-cote, meseled, mesel house, meseling, mesel man, meselness, meselry, mesely === References === “† mesel, adj. and n.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2022. === Anagrams === LEEMs, Elems, Emels, lemes, meles == Middle English == === Etymology === From Old French mesel, from Late Latin misellus (“leper”), from Latin miser (“wretched”). === Noun === mesel (plural mesels) A leper. [14th–16th c.] A wretched or revolting person. [14th–16th c.] Leprosy. [15th–16th c.] ==== Descendants ==== English: mesel, measle, ⇒ measles (partly) ==== References ==== “mēsel, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007. == Old French == === Etymology === Inherited from Latin misellus (“wretched”). === Noun === mesel oblique singular, m (oblique plural meseaus or meseax or mesiaus or mesiax or mesels, nominative singular meseaus or meseax or mesiaus or mesiax or mesels, nominative plural mesel) leper ==== Descendants ==== → Italian: misello (“leper”) → Middle English: meselEnglish: mesel, measle, ⇒ measles (partly)