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

Obsolete form of mesel in its various senses.

Noun

meazel (plural meazels)

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

References

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

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