measlings

Hello, you have come here looking for the meaning of the word measlings. In DICTIOUS you will not only get to know all the dictionary meanings for the word measlings, but we will also tell you about its etymology, its characteristics and you will know how to say measlings in singular and plural. Everything you need to know about the word measlings you have here. The definition of the word measlings will help you to be more precise and correct when speaking or writing your texts. Knowing the definition ofmeaslings, as well as those of other words, enriches your vocabulary and provides you with more and better linguistic resources.

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

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.

Pronunciation

Noun

measlings pl (normally plural, singular measling)

  1. (UK dialect) Synonym of measles: the disease caused by M. morbillivirus, the red spots caused by the disease.
    • 1862, C. Clough Robinson, The Dialect of Leeds & Its Neighbourhood, page 358:
      ‘What āals yar barn, Missis?’
      ‘Shoo’s gotten t’mezlings!’
    • 1890, The New Sydenham Society's Lexicon of Medicine and the Allied Sciences, s.v.:
      Measlings, measles.
    • 1970, Harold Orton et al., Survey of English Dialects, volume III, page 832:
      Measlings... Nf [i.e. Norfolk].

References

Wikious
Boobota
Sagapedia