单词 | mesely |
释义 | † meselyadj.n. Obsolete. Esp. of a person: contemptible, repulsive, despicable. Also as n.: a contemptible person. Cf. measly adj. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of visible parts > skin disorders > [adjective] > leprosy > afflicted with leprous?c1225 meselc1300 leperc1400 meselinga1450 lazar1483 lazarous1536 leprosed1551 lepery1558 meselya1585 lepered1598 meseled1611 belepered1633 lazarly1634 leprosied1840 a1585 A. Montgomerie Flyting with Polwart (Tullibardine) 788 in Poems (1910) 184 Meslie kyt, and þow flyt, deill dryt in thy gob. a1634 J. Day Peregrinatio Scholastica (B.L. MS Sloane 3150) f. 6 For lerneing che could not Abid vn, the fowle meezele wod-I-make a game playe on vn. 1693 T. Urquhart & P. A. Motteux tr. F. Rabelais 3rd Bk. Wks. xlviii. 386 There is no scurvy, mezely, leprous or pocky Ruffian [etc.]. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2001; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < adj.n.a1585 |
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