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losell

losell is the obsolete form of losel.

Meaning of losel

Noun

losel (plural losels)

  1. (archaic) A worthless or despicable person, scoundrel.
    • Dowtles such losels
      Make the churche to be
      In smale auctoryte; […]c. 1503–1512, John Skelton, Ware the Hauke; republished in John Scattergood, editor, John Skelton: The Complete English Poems, 1983, →OCLC, page 65, lines 138–140
    Synonyms:
    lidderon

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Forms of losell

plurallosells

Questions about losell

What is losell the obsolete form of?
Losell is the obsolete form of losel.

Words near losell in the dictionary

  1. losed
  2. Losedows
  3. Losee
  4. Losees
  5. losel
  6. losell
  7. losells
  8. loselry
  9. losels
  10. loseng
  11. losenge

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