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Vinony

missell

verb

  1. sell misleadingly or fraudulently
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Wiktionary

adj

Etymology: 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.

  1. Obsolete form of mesel, in its various senses.

noun

Etymology: 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.

  1. Obsolete form of mesel, in its various senses.

verb

Etymology: From mis- + sell.

  1. 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.”