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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Dost thou not know thyself, losel that thou art?
From The Decameron of Giovanni Boccaccio by John Payne
The young men, seeing and hearing all this, turned upon Arriguccio and gave him the soundest rating ever losel got; and ultimately they said to him.
From The Decameron of Giovanni Boccaccio by John Payne
My choice be a wretch, Mere losel in body and soul, Thrice accurst!
From Robert Browning: How to Know Him by William Lyon Phelps
A Lubber is, 'a sturdy drone, an idle, fat, bulky losel, a booby.'
From Deformities of Samuel Johnson, Selected from his Works by Anonymous
Well, and ye shift no better, ye losel, lither, and lazy, I will go near for this to make ye leap at a daisy.
From Gammer Gurton's Needle by Mr. S. Mr. of Art
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