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单词 mesely
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meselyadj.n.

Forms: 1600s meezele, 1600s mezely; Scottish pre-1700 meslie, pre-1700 misly.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: mesel n., -y suffix1.
Etymology: < mesel n. + -y suffix1. Compare measly adj.
Obsolete.
Esp. of a person: contemptible, repulsive, despicable. Also as n.: a contemptible person. Cf. measly adj.
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belepered1633
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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).
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