Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

losse

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.57 in modern English

Syllables: losse
IPA

5

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

1

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Obsolete

noun

Obsolete spelling of loss.

Countable; Obsolete; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"A losse went to prepare to hunt."
"Losse, lynx (Dutch, los)"
"Who dyes the vtmoſt dolor doth abye, / But who that liues, is lefte to waile his loſſe: / So life is loſſe, and death felicity."
"Then way what loſſe your honor may ſuſtaine / If with too credent eare you liſt his ſongs / Or looſe your hart, or your chaſt treaſure open / To his vnmaſtred importunity."
"[…]the Lord denounceth thoſe iudgements againſt her, from which ſpecially ſhee bleſſed her ſelfe, euen loſſe of Soueraigntie, ſlaughter and deſolation :[…]"
"Soe they resolved with losse of their lives to recover or to end the losse of theire libertie , being overcarried indifferently with hate and disdaine , two mightie passions to drive on disordered desires"

Etymology

From Dutch los, from Middle Dutch los, from Old Dutch *los, from Proto-West Germanic *luhs, from Proto-Germanic *luhsaz, from Proto-Indo-European *lewk-.

Origin

Source language: Dutch

Word Breakdown

Root: los, *los, *luhs, *luhsaz, *lewk-

Usage

Inflected Forms

lossem (plural) losses (plural)

Questions

What does losse mean?: A lynx.
Where does losse come from?: It is traced to Dutch.

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