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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

mesel

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
mesel
IPA
7
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
1
Syllables
4
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Synonym of leprous: having leprosy or a similar skin disorder.

Obsolete

adj

Synonym of wretched.

Obsolete

adj

Synonym of repulsive.

Obsolete

adj

Synonym of sinful.

Obsolete

adj

Synonym of diseased, particularly visibly displaying a diseased exterior.

Obsolete

noun

Synonym of leper.

Obsolete

noun

A repulsive person.

Obsolete

noun

Synonym of leprosy: Hansen's disease and similar skin disorders.

Obsolete

Example Sentences

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.

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: mesel, misellus

Usage

Inflected Forms

mesyl (alternative) mesell (alternative) mesall (alternative) messel (alternative) messell (alternative) mesele (alternative) mesale (alternative) missel (alternative) misell (alternative) missell (alternative) missale (alternative) missaell (alternative)

Derived Forms

meseled meseling meselness meselry mesely

Phrases

mesel-cote mesel house mesel man

Synonyms

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

Questions

What does mesel mean?
Synonym of leprous: having leprosy or a similar skin disorder.
Where does mesel come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

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