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.
- inherited from losel
Definitions
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.
Worthless
Worthless; wasteful.
The neighborhood
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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA