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