missel
English
Noun
missel (countable and uncountable, plural missels)
- A missel thrush.
- (obsolete) mistletoe
Related terms
- missel thrush
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
- Obsolete form of mesel in its various senses.
Noun
missel (plural missels)
- Obsolete form of mesel in its various senses.
References
- “† mesel, adj. and n.”, in OED Online
, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, 2022. - missel in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
Anagrams
- Selims, Slimes, Smiles, milses, misles, slimes, smiles
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mi.sɛl/
Audio (file)
Noun
missel m (plural missels)
- missal
Further reading
- “missel”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.