losel
/ˈloʊzəl/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
5
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
1
Syllables
4
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "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."
- "These thousand straight-standing firm-set individuals, who shoulder arms, who march, wheel, advance, retreat; and are, for your behoof, a magazine charged with fiery death, in the most perfect condition of potential activity: few months ago, till the persuasive sergeant came, what were they? Multiform ragged losels, runaway apprentices, starved weavers, thievish valets […]"
- "Not since I backed a horse have I been pressed so hard; peril of life, jeopardy of land and livelihood, and to sum up, all these losels in the wood to hunt me down."
- "Lots of folk live on their wits: / Lecturers, lispers, / Losels, loblolly-men, louts— / They don't end up as paupers; […]"
Etymology
From Middle English losel (also lorel), from *losen, loren, past participle of lesen (“to lose”), equivalent to lose + -le.
Origin
Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈloʊzəl/
- British English: /ˈləʊzəl/
Usage
Inflected Forms
losels (plural)
lozel (alternative)
lozell (alternative)
more losel (comparative)
most losel (superlative)
Derived Forms
loselism
loselry