measled

[ mee-zuhld ]

adjective

1. (of swine or other livestock) affected with measles.

measled

/ ˈmiːzəld /

adjective

1. (of cattle, sheep, or pigs) infested with tapeworm larvae; measly

Word History and Origins

Origin of measled¹

First recorded in 1350–1400, measled is from the Middle English word meseled. See measles, -ed ³

Example Sentences

Singer and songwriter Kelly Zutrau and drummer and keyboard player Joe Valle both worked variations on the sad — or measled — clown.

From Los Angeles Times

Tracatr�n, a new coinage onomatopoetically suggesting machinelike response, refers to a person who carries out orders implacably; parquear la tinosa means "to park the buzzard," or pass the buck; saram-pionado, or "measled," describes someone who shows a rash of too much Marxist-Leninist theory.

From Time Magazine Archive

Distempered or scurvied hogs are still said to be measled.

From Project Gutenberg

He told them in prose and verse—prose which was measled with 'Oh's,' and 'Alas's,' and full of great windblown phrases of bombast, like inflated bladders, each with one little parched pea of meaning to rattle inside it The verse was mainly such as might have been written by a moderately illiterate absurd old man who had found life a vanity, and had deserved his discovery.

From Project Gutenberg

I hate mumped and measled lovers.

From Project Gutenberg