mysal

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.

mysal

1. Obsolete form of mesel, in its various senses.

mysal (plural mysals)

1. Obsolete form of mesel, in its various senses.

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

From Arabic مِثَال (miṯāl).

mysal (definite accusative mysaly, plural mysallar)

1. example
2. pattern