losel

[ loh-zuhl, loo-, loz-uhl ]

noun

1. a worthless person; scoundrel.

adjective

1. worthless or useless.

losel

/ ˈləʊzəl /

noun

1. a worthless person

adjective

1. (of a person) worthless, useless, or wasteful

Word History and Origins

Origin of losel¹

1325–75; Middle English: literally, one who is lost, equivalent to los- (past participle stem of lose ) + -el -le

Word History and Origins

Origin of losel¹

C14: from losen, from the past participle of lose

Example Sentences

Yauch is survived by his wife Dechen Wengdu and their daughter, Losel.

From The Daily Beast

Sam was but a sad losel, and vexed him in other and more serious matters.

From Project Gutenberg

But oh, thou gull—thou dunderpate—thou losel knave, to lose one line moved by her sweet fingers.

From Project Gutenberg

The 'losel,' the moral outcast, keeps his own conceit of truth though through a maze of lies.

From Project Gutenberg

Speak the truth and it shall profit thee, and do not lie, for lying is of the losel's fashion.

From Project Gutenberg

What more could you do, had he bestowed her upon a churl, a losel or a slave?

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