missell

From mis- +‎ sell.

missell (third-person singular simple present missells, present participle misselling, simple past and past participle missold)

1. (transitive) To sell something wrongly or fraudulently.

   The company is accused of misselling insurance policies.

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.

missell

1. Obsolete form of mesel in its various senses.

missell (plural missells)

1. Obsolete form of mesel in its various senses.

• “† mesel, adj. and n.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, 2022.