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lorels

lorels is the plural of lorel.

Meaning of lorel

Noun

lorel (plural lorels)

  1. A good-for-nothing: a vagabond, waster or losel.
    • But lurco, I apprehend, signifies only a glutton, which falls very short of our idea of a lorel; and besides I do not believe that the word was ever sufficiently common in Latin to give rise to a derivative in English.1810, Alexander Chalmers, The works of the English poets

Questions about lorels

What is lorels the plural of?
Lorels is the plural of lorel.

Words near lorels in the dictionary

  1. lorelei
  2. loreleis
  3. loreless
  4. lorell
  5. lorells
  6. lorels
  7. lorem ipsum
  8. lorem ipsums
  9. loremaster
  10. loremasters
  11. loremistress

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