losel

noun
/ˈləʊzəl/UK/ˈloʊzəl/US

Etymology

From Middle English losel (also lorel), from *losen, loren, past participle of lesen (“to lose”), equivalent to lose + -le.

  1. inherited from losel

Definitions

  1. A worthless or despicable person, scoundrel.

    • Dowtles such losels Make the churche to be In smale auctoryte; […]
    • The whiles a losell wandring by the way, / One that to bountie neuer cast his mind, / Ne thought of honour euer did assay […].
    • And, losel, thou art worthy to be hang'd.
  2. Worthless

    Worthless; wasteful.

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