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meazel

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
meazel
IPA
17
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
1
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Obsolete form of mesel, in its various senses.

Obsolete

noun

Obsolete form of mesel, in its various senses.

Obsolete

noun

Obsolete form of measle (“a leper”).

Obsolete

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.

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Inflected Forms

meazels (plural)

Questions

What does meazel mean?
Obsolete form of mesel, in its various senses.
Where does meazel come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

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