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measly, a.|ˈmiːzlɪ|
Also 8 meazly, 8–9 measley.
[f. measle n. + -y.]
1. Of or pertaining to measles; resembling measles.
1782W. Heberden Comm. vii. (1806) 20 Distinguished from the measley efflorescence. 1822–34Good's Study Med. (ed. 4) I. 356 The measley tubercles which form the second [kind of hydatids, in swine]. 1897Allbutt's Syst. Med. III. 576 A dark measly rash.
2. Of swine, their flesh: Affected with measles. (Cf. measle a., measled ppl. a.)
1687A. Lovell tr. Thevenot's Trav. i. 89 She saw a Measly Hog come and Wash in the Water. 1747H. Glasse Cookery xxi. 161 If you find little Kernels in the Fat of the Pork, like Hail-shot..'tis measly, and dangerous to be eaten. 1885J. Runciman Skippers & Sh. 5 What's the grub to-morrow? Measly pork again.
3. Spotty. In Photography. (See quot. 1876.)
1876Abney Instr. Photogr. (ed. 3) 110 The result would be ‘measly’ or mealy prints—i.e. prints in which minute red spots alternate with darker ones in the shadows after fixing. 1891Anthony's Photogr. Bull. IV. 254 The remainder, after even an hour's soaking were only a very measley brown. 1898Talmage in Chr. Herald (N.Y.) 5 Jan. 4/4 The slushy custards; the jaundiced or measly biscuits.
4. slang. Poor, contemptible, of little value.
1864M. E. Braddon H. Dunbar II. xi. 212 The audacity to offer a measly hundred pounds or so for the discovery of a great crime! 1872Punch 27 July 39/2 That was a fine old hen..but..the others were a measly lot. 1892Zangwill Childr. Ghetto I. 302 Greenwich, where they take you girls for a measly day's holiday once a year. 1905Dialect Notes III. 14 Measly,..poor. ‘I don't want that measly stuff.’ 1919E. O'Neill Ile in Moon of Caribbees (1923) 13 Did you ever hear o' me pointin' s'uth for home with only a measly four hundred barrel of ile in the hold? 1973J. Porter It's Murder with Dover vi. 55 Ten measly years in the nick doesn't worry anybody. 1974Sunday Tel. 9 June 34/4 A spineless exhibition by the early Yorkshire batting—they have mastered only a measly five batting points all season—put them on the rack yet again.
Comb.1869Aldrich Story of Bad Boy 29 A measly-looking little boy with no shoes. |