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Words that look like misspellings

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venust
calender
wheal


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PRONUNCIATION:

(hweel, weel)

MEANING:

noun: A small swelling on the skin, as from an insect bite, an allergic reaction, or a blow.

ETYMOLOGY:

Perhaps an alteration of wale, from Old English walu (ridge). Earliest documented use: before 1390.

USAGE:

“So they gripped again until red wheals rose on their backs and shoulders by reason of the grievous clasping of their arms.”
E.R. Eddison; The Worm Ouroboros; Jonathan Cape; 1922.

See more usage examples of wheal in Vocabulary.com’s dictionary.

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