meazel

English

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.

Adjective

meazel

1. Obsolete form of mesel in its various senses.

Noun

meazel (plural meazels)

1. Obsolete form of mesel in its various senses.
2. Obsolete form of measle: a leper.

References

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