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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Sam was but a sad losel, and vexed him in other and more serious matters.
From Customs and Fashions in Old New England by Alice Morse Earle
Undo Misrule, and many a volley Of losel snatches born of folly— Bring back the cheer, be Christmas-king, With cakes and ale!
From In The Yule-Log Glow, Book IV by Harrison S. (Harrison Smith) Morris
Ay," answered Skallagrim, "and that losel Hall hath parted it!
From Eric Brighteyes by Henry Rider Haggard
In the first canto there are a few archaisms; words like fere, shent, and losel occur, together with Gothic properties, such as the "eremite's sad cell" and "Paynim shores" and Newstead's "monastic dome."
From A History of English Romanticism in the Nineteenth Century by Henry A. (Henry Augustin) Beers
I take it not ill, like the Tinker If a trickster had foundered his muck-sled; For he loves not rough travelling, the losel, And loath would he be of this uproar.
From The Life and Death of Cormac the Skald by W. G. (William Gershom) Collingwood
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