measles.
An acute and highly contagious disease which often afflicts children caused by the virus Measles morbillivirus and causing red rashes, fever, runny nose, coughing, and red eyes.
Meaning & usage
An acute and highly contagious disease which often afflicts children caused by the virus Measles morbillivirus and causing red rashes, fever, runny nose, coughing, and red eyes.
An acute and highly contagious disease which often afflicts children caused by the virus Measles morbillivirus and causing red rashes, fever, runny nose, coughing, and red eyes. plural of measle: a red spot forming part of a rash, (now) particularly those caused by M. morbillivirus.
Synonym of cysticercosis: A disease of livestock or meat caused by the presence of tapeworm larvae.
Synonym of cysticercosis: A disease of livestock or meat caused by the presence of tapeworm larvae. plural of measle: the individual cysts of cysticercosis.
Any disease causing a tree's bark to become rough and irregular.
Any disease causing a tree's bark to become rough and irregular. plural of measle: the individual blisters in the surface of a diseased tree's bark.
plural of measle: any similar-looking red spot, particularly (printing) foxing.
A discreet assassination made to look like death from natural causes.
Any disease causing red rashes.
Used as an intensifier.
Where this word comes from
Either from Middle Dutch masels (“blood blisters, measels”) or Middle Low German maselen (“red blemishes, measels”), both from Old High German masala (“blood blister, phlegmon”). Doublet of measlings. Cognate with mazer & mase and Middle Low German masele & māsel. Influenced in pronunciation and some senses by mesel (“leprous, leper”).
third-person singular simple present indicative of measle
Where this word comes from
Either from Middle Dutch masels (“blood blisters, measels”) or Middle Low German maselen (“red blemishes, measels”), both from Old High German masala (“blood blister, phlegmon”). Doublet of measlings. Cognate with mazer & mase and Middle Low German masele & māsel. Influenced in pronunciation and some senses by mesel (“leprous, leper”).
plural of measle
Alternative form of mesels: Leprosy.
Where this word comes from
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”).
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