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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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)
My choice be a wretch, Mere losel in body and soul, Thrice accurst!
From Robert Browning: How to Know Him by Phelps, William Lyon
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 Art, Mr. S. Mr. of
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 Morris, Harrison S. (Harrison Smith)
A Lubber is, 'a sturdy drone, an idle, fat, bulky losel, a booby.'
From Deformities of Samuel Johnson, Selected from his Works by Anonymous
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