measlings
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English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
- meslings (obs.)
Etymology[edit]
Unknown, but probably via Scandinavian forms such as Swedish mässlingen (“pustules, measles”), Danish mæslinger (“measles”), Icelandic mislingar (“measles”), etc. combining the Germanic roots related to blood blisters with the suffix -ing.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
measlings pl (normally plural, singular measling)
- (UK dialect) Synonym of measles: the disease caused by M. morbillivirus, the red spots caused by the disease.
- 1970, Harold Orton et al., Survey of English Dialects, volume III, page 832:
- Measlings... Nf [i.e. Norfolk].
References[edit]
- “measlings, n.”, in OED Online , Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, 2022.