Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A leper.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun obsolete A leper.

Etymologies

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From Anglo-Norman mesel, Old French mesel, from Late Latin misellus ("leper"), from Latin miser ("wretched"). Compare measles.

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Examples

  • MOI: cannae understan 'these obsessive types, mesel'

    FallNews 1997

  • Subject: RE: Cambridge gig was it really that good? cannae remember much of the gig mesel '. more than usual pissed. plus where I was standing at the front you could hardly hear mark's vox (I knew the sound was better back a bit but I wasn't bothered).

    FallNews 1997

  • "I shall recite mesel '," he explained complacently, sucking in his smoke.

    The Nest Builder Beatrice Forbes-Robertson Hale

  • Then the old man said wistfully, "Wud ye no 'like to see where I was born mesel?"

    Why Paint in Wartime? 1942

  • I was afeard o 'the outcome mesel', an 'I spoke my mind freely to Mr. Green.

    Nancy McVeigh of the Monk Road 1921

  • He heard a gruff voice saying: "Ah'm no so sairtain o 'it mesel'," which seemed to accord with the name of Leatham's skipper, and then came Benson's voice raised in agreement.

    The Pit Prop Syndicate Freeman Wills Crofts 1918

  • "'Tis mesel 'has sumthin' to learn ye," he retorted.

    The Lever A Novel William Dana Orcutt 1911

  • There's a bit story I micht as weel tell ye mesel ', for yell hear it frae Mac in any case, if ever ye chance to come upon him.

    Between You and Me Harry Lauder 1910

  • "How the divil am I ever to learn them corkin 'big words by mesel'?"

    Freckles 1904

  • Just puit the box doon whair A 'can reach it an' mebbe A'll help mesel 'absintminded.

    Tam o' the Scoots Edgar Wallace 1903

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  • Myself.

    September 20, 2008