missel
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmɪsəl/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - Rhymes: -ɪsəl
Etymology 1
Noun
missel (countable and uncountable, plural missels)
- A missel thrush.
- (obsolete) mistletoe
Related terms
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
missel
Noun
missel (plural missels)
References
- “† mesel, adj. and n.”, in OED Online , Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2022.
- “missel”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
Anagrams
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mi.sɛl/
Audio: (file)
Noun
missel m (plural missels)
Further reading
- “missel”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.