losel
Americannoun
adjective
noun
adjective
Etymology
Origin of losel
1325–75; Middle English: literally, one who is lost, equivalent to los- (past participle stem of lose ) + -el -le
Example Sentences
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Mr. Yauch is survived by his wife, Dechen Wengdu, and their daughter, Tenzin Losel Yauch.
From New York Times • May 4, 2012
Tenzin Losel of International Campaign for Tibet spends several hours each day scouring Chinese websites and blogs for information on the goings-on in Tibet.
From Time Magazine Archive
“And even Losel, who I don’t care for, is one of my neighbors all the same.”
From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss
Losel, lō′zel, n. a sorry, worthless fellow: a scamp.—adj. slothful: wasteful—n.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M) by Various
A Losel is, 'a scoundrel, a sorry worthless fellow.'
From Deformities of Samuel Johnson, Selected from his Works by Anonymous
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