missel

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɪsəl/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -ɪsəl

Etymology 1

Noun

missel (countable and uncountable, plural missels)

1. A missel thrush.
2. (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

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

Noun

missel (plural missels)

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

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

• Selims, Slimes, Smiles, milses, misles, slimes, smiles

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mi.sɛl/

• Audio:

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Noun

missel m (plural missels)

1. missal

Further reading

• “missel”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.