Mor-bil'ious, a.

adjective

a. [Fr. morbillieux, It. morbilloso, N. Lat. morbillosus, from L. Lat. morbilli, measles, a medical term, diminutives of Lat. morbus, disease.] Pertaining to the measles; partaking of the nature of measles, or resembling the eruptions of that disease; measly.