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losel

American  
[loh-zuhl, loo-, loz-uhl] / ˈloʊ zəl, ˈlu-, ˈlɒz əl /

noun

  1. a worthless person; scoundrel.


adjective

  1. worthless or useless.

losel British  
/ ˈləʊzəl /

noun

  1. a worthless person

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

adjective

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

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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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Then, turning back, he bade shut the chamber-door and enquired of those who were about him if any knew yonder losel who sat at table over against his chamber-door; but all answered no.

From The Decameron of Giovanni Boccaccio by Payne, John

Dost thou not know thyself, losel that thou art?

From The Decameron of Giovanni Boccaccio by Payne, John

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 Beers, Henry A. (Henry Augustin)

A Lubber is, 'a sturdy drone, an idle, fat, bulky losel, a booby.'

From Deformities of Samuel Johnson, Selected from his Works by Anonymous

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

From The Decameron of Giovanni Boccaccio by Payne, John

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