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measlings

/ˈmiːzlɪŋz/

measlings noun: synonym of measles: the disease caused by M. morbillivirus, the red spots caused by the disease.

Noun

measlings pl (normally plural, singular measling)

  1. (UK, dialectal, plural, plural-normally) Synonym of measles: the disease caused by M. morbillivirus, the red spots caused by the disease.
    • ‘What āals yar barn, Missis?’
      ‘Shoo’s gotten t’mezlings!’1862, C. Clough Robinson, The Dialect of Leeds & Its Neighbourhood, page 358
    • Measlings, measles.1890, The New Sydenham Society's Lexicon of Medicine and the Allied Sciences, s.v.
    Synonyms:
    measles

Synonyms of measlings

Forms of measlings

singularmeasling
alternative formmeslings

Origin of measlings

Unknown, but probably via pluralia tantum Scandinavian words like Danish mæslinger (“measles”), Icelandic mislingar (“measles”) and Norwegian Nynorsk meslingar, combining the Germanic roots related to blood blisters with the suffix -ing.

Questions about measlings

What does measlings mean?
Measlings means synonym of measles: the disease caused by M. morbillivirus, the red spots caused by the disease.
What part of speech is measlings?
Measlings is a noun.
How do you pronounce measlings?
Measlings is pronounced /ˈmiːzlɪŋz/.

Words near measlings in the dictionary

  1. measley
  2. measlier
  3. measliest
  4. measliness
  5. measling
  6. measlings
  7. measly
  8. Measom
  9. meastatic
  10. measter
  11. measters

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