Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗Synonym of leper. · A repulsive person. · Synonym of leprosy: Hansen's disease and similar skin disorders.
Synonym of leprous: having leprosy or a similar skin disorder. · Synonym of wretched. · Synonym of repulsive. · Synonym of sinful.
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.
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