英语词汇measly的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

词汇	measly
词源	measly. Measles has generally been considered an insignifi- cant disease, despite the fact that a form of the measles used to kill many and can lead to serious birth defects if contracted by a pregnant woman. Hence our word measly, “insignificant or worthless,” coined sometime in the middle of the 19th century.
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