weal
noun/wiːl/
/wiːl/
- a painful, raised red mark on somebody’s skin where they have been hit synonym welt
- His back was covered in weals and bruises.
Word Originearly 19th cent.: variant of wale, influenced by obsolete wheal ‘suppurate’.Want to learn more?
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