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mesel

The English word “mesel” has 8 meanings listed here.

adjective

  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.

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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