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单词 losel
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losel

[ loh-zuhl, loo-, loz-uhl ]
/ ˈloʊ zəl, ˈlu-, ˈlɒz əl /
Archaic.

noun

a worthless person; scoundrel.

adjective

worthless or useless.

Origin of losel

1325–75; Middle English: literally, one who is lost, equivalent to los- (past participle stem of lose) + -el-le

Words nearby losel

lose, lose face, lose ground, lose heart, lose it, losel, lose no time, lose one's bearings, lose one's buttons, lose one's cool, lose oneself in
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Example sentences from the Web for losel

  • Yauch is survived by his wife Dechen Wengdu and their daughter, Losel.

    Adam Yauch, a.k.a. MCA, the Beastie Boy Who Transcended Rap, Dead at 47|Chris Lee|May 4, 2012|DAILY BEAST
  • The 'losel,' the moral outcast, keeps his own conceit of truth though through a maze of lies.

    A Handbook to the Works of Browning (6th ed.)|Mrs. Sutherland Orr
  • Speak the truth and it shall profit thee, and do not lie, for lying is of the losel's fashion.

    Library Of The World's Best Literature, Ancient And Modern, Vol. 2|Charles Dudley Warner
  • What more could you do, had he bestowed her upon a churl, a losel or a slave?

    The Decameron of Giovanni Boccaccio|Giovanni Boccaccio

British Dictionary definitions for losel

losel
/ (ˈləʊzəl) archaic, or dialect /

noun

a worthless person

adjective

(of a person) worthless, useless, or wasteful

Word Origin for losel

C14: from losen, from the past participle of lose
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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