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Definition of Mesel
1. n. A leper.
Definition of Mesel
1. Adjective. (obsolete) Having leprosy; leprous. (defdate 14th-17th c.) ¹
2. Noun. (obsolete) A leper. (defdate 14th-16th c.) ¹
3. Noun. (obsolete) A wretched or revolting person. (defdate 14th-16th c.) ¹
4. Noun. (obsolete) Leprosy. (defdate 15th-16th c.) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Mesel
1. meazel [n -S] - See also: meazel
Lexicographical Neighbors of Mesel
Literary usage of Mesel
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1890)
"ME. only); < ME. mesel, ... hym by som harm of peyne that he hath on his body,
as mesel, ... < mesel, a leper: see mesel.'] Leprosy. ..."
2. An Etymological Dictionary of the English Language by Walter William Skeat (1893)
"The word is quite distinct from ME mesel, a leper, which will be explained ...
It is therefore wholly unconnected with ME mesel, which invariably means ' a ..."
3. Scribners Monthly (1878)
"Be dad," says I to mesel, ... mesel wid me frinds an' acquaintance. ... av her
own that I jist thought IV iron an' take a turn out av mesel that day. ..."
4. Metrical Romances of the Thirteenth, Fourteenth, and Fifteenth Centuries by Henry William Weber, Weber, Henry William, 1783-1818 (1810)
"... that the party has not the right : " For le lèpre ne doit l'en pas femme
departir de son mari, et l'en dit ci que le mesel te volt tenir ..."
5. Specimens of the Westmorland Dialect by Thomas Clarke, William Bowness, Robert Southey (1872)
"... fer want a summat ta tf, an neea supper riddy fer mesel. ... an thowt a gae
lang while, a sed ta mesel—nae, nae, Jonny, this al nivver deea ..."
6. Favorite Selections of Julia and Annie Thomas (1892)
"I was forced to pass his den on me way to and fra' the bread store, an' he
minded 't was mesel' hated the uncanny look o' the place. ..."
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