mesell

== English == === 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 === mesell Obsolete form of mesel, in its various senses. === Noun === mesell (plural mesells) Obsolete form of mesel, in its various senses. === References === “† mesel, adj. and n.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2022. === Anagrams === lemels == Catalan == === Etymology === Inherited from Latin misellus (“wretched”). === Pronunciation === === Adjective === mesell (feminine mesella, masculine plural mesells, feminine plural meselles) subservient, obsequious === References === Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “mesell”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan)