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meslings

meslings is the obsolete form of measlings.

Meaning of measlings

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
    Synonyms:
    measles

Forms of meslings

singularmesling

Questions about meslings

What is meslings the obsolete form of?
Meslings is the obsolete form of measlings.

Words near meslings in the dictionary

  1. Mesler
  2. Meslers
  3. Mesley
  4. meslin
  5. mesling
  6. meslings
  7. meslins
  8. Mesmer
  9. mesmeree
  10. mesmerees
  11. Mesmerian

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