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lorel

noun

Etymology

From Middle English lorel, losel, equivalent to lose + -le.

  1. inherited from lorel

Definitions

  1. A good-for-nothing

    A good-for-nothing: a vagabond, waster or losel.

    • But lurco, I apprehend, signifies only a glutton, which falls very short of our idea of a lorel; and besides I do not believe that the word was ever sufficiently common in Latin to give rise to a derivative in English.
    • Just as a simian – be it a monkey or a marmoset, an ape or cercopithecus – may play the scholar or abuse the book, so the lorel can only look upon the Bible or play-act as lord.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA