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missell

verb

Etymology

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”). Doublet of measles.

  1. derived from misellus
  2. derived from mesel
  3. derived from mesel
  4. inherited from mesel

Definitions

  1. To sell something wrongly or fraudulently.

    • The company is accused of misselling insurance policies.
    • HS2 has never had that. It was missold, misnamed and misconceived. It was promoted as a piece of engineering, rather than as a vital part of the railway.

  2. Obsolete form of mesel, in its various senses.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA