/ˈləʊzəl/, /ˈloʊzəl/
OriginFrom Middle English losel (also lorel), from *losen, loren, past participle of lesen (“to lose”), equivalent to lose + -le.
- archaicA 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.”
Formslosels(plural) · lozel(alternative) · lozell(alternative) · more losel(comparative) · most losel(superlative)