mizzle-shinnedadj.

Brit.

/ˈmɪz(ə)lʃɪnd/, U.S.

/ˈmɪz(ə)lˌʃɪnd/, Scottish English

/ˈmɪz(ə)lʃɪnd/

Forms: 1700s misle-shinned, 1800s– mizzle-shinned.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: English mizzle , measles n., shin n.¹, -ed suffix².

Etymology: < mizzle, Scots variant of measles n. (see β forms s.v., although this spelling is not attested until later for the simplex word) + shin n.¹ + -ed suffix². Compare slightly earlier mizzle-kyted adj., and later measly-shankit adj., mizzly adj.², and mizzled adj.¹Compare also early modern Dutch maschelen reddish spots contracted in winter when legs are put too near the fire (in Kiliaan), specific use of plural of masschel (see mascle n.²).

Scottish. Now rare.

Having one's legs red and blotched from sitting too near a fire. Cf. mizzle-kyted adj.

ΚΠ

1724 A. Ramsay Tea-table Misc. (new ed.) I. 167 And there will be Girn-again-Gibbie..And Misle-shin'd Mungo M^ccapie.

1854 D. Robertson Laird of Logan (new ed.) 51 Dinna mak ony body suffer by ye, as thae scranky-shanked mizzle-shinned Highlanders do.

1935 D. Rorie Lum Hat Wantin' Croon 58 Sin' a mizzle-shinn'd maid is sma' use till a man.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	mizzle-shinned
释义	mizzle-shinnedadj. Brit. /ˈmɪz(ə)lʃɪnd/, U.S. /ˈmɪz(ə)lˌʃɪnd/, Scottish English /ˈmɪz(ə)lʃɪnd/ Forms: 1700s misle-shinned, 1800s– mizzle-shinned. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: English mizzle , measles n., shin n.¹, -ed suffix². Etymology: < mizzle, Scots variant of measles n. (see β forms s.v., although this spelling is not attested until later for the simplex word) + shin n.¹ + -ed suffix². Compare slightly earlier mizzle-kyted adj., and later measly-shankit adj., mizzly adj.², and mizzled adj.¹Compare also early modern Dutch maschelen reddish spots contracted in winter when legs are put too near the fire (in Kiliaan), specific use of plural of masschel (see mascle n.²). Scottish. Now rare. Having one's legs red and blotched from sitting too near a fire. Cf. mizzle-kyted adj. ΚΠ 1724 A. Ramsay Tea-table Misc. (new ed.) I. 167 And there will be Girn-again-Gibbie..And Misle-shin'd Mungo M^ccapie. 1854 D. Robertson Laird of Logan (new ed.) 51 Dinna mak ony body suffer by ye, as thae scranky-shanked mizzle-shinned Highlanders do. 1935 D. Rorie Lum Hat Wantin' Croon 58 Sin' a mizzle-shinn'd maid is sma' use till a man. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1724
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