missell
missell verb: to sell something wrongly or fraudulently. Also the obsolete form of mesel.
Verb
missell (third-person singular simple present missells, present participle misselling, simple past and past participle missold)
- 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.2024 February 7, Christian Wolmar, “LNER's crazy idea will price more people off the railway”, in RAIL, number 1002, page 45
Also used as
missell is also the obsolete form of mesel.
Forms of missell
| Verb | |
|---|---|
| third-person singular present | missells |
| present participle | misselling |
| past participle | missold |
| past | missold |
| Noun | |
| plural | missells |
Origin of missell
From mis- + sell.
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.
Questions about missell
- What does missell mean?
- Missell means to sell something wrongly or fraudulently.
- What part of speech is missell?
- Missell is a verb.
- What is the past tense of missell?
- The past tense of missell is missold.
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