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noun
Synonym of measles: the disease caused by M. morbillivirus, the red spots caused by the disease.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: UK, dialectal, plural, plural-normally
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Synonyms: measles
Antonyms: none provided
History
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.
