losel

lo·sel

a worthless person

Origin of losel

Middle English losel, lorel from losen, past participle of lesen, lose

worthless

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losel

noun

Archaic

One that is worthless.

Origin of losel

Middle English from lōsen past participle of lēsen to lose from Old English -lēosan ; see lorn .

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Noun

(plural losels)

(archaic) A worthless or despicable person.

Adjective

(comparative more losel, superlative most losel)

Worthless; wasteful.

Origin

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

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