missell

See also: mis-sell

English

Etymology 1

From mis- +‎ sell.

Verb

missell (third-person singular simple present missells, present participle misselling, simple past and past participle missold)

1. (transitive) To sell something wrongly or fraudulently.

   The company is accused of misselling insurance policies.

   • 2024 February 7, Christian Wolmar, “LNER's crazy idea will price more people off the railway”, in RAIL, number 1002, page 45:

     HS2 has never had that. It was missold, misnamed and misconceived. It was promoted as a piece of engineering, rather than as a vital part of the railway.

Etymology 2

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

missell

1. Obsolete form of mesel in its various senses.

Noun

missell (plural missells)

1. Obsolete form of mesel in its various senses.

References

• “† mesel, adj. and n.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, 2022.