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losenger

/ˈlɒzɪnd͡ʒə(ɹ)/

losenger noun: a flatterer or deceiver.

Noun

losenger (plural losengers)

  1. (obsolete) A flatterer or deceiver.
    • To a fair pair of gallows, there to end their lives with shame, as a number of such other losengers had done.1577, Raphaell Holinshed, “The Historie of Scotlande, […]”, in The Firste Volume of the Chronicles of England, Scotlande, and Irelande […], volume I, London: […] [Henry Bynneman] for Iohn Hunne...

Forms of losenger

plurallosengers

Origin of losenger

From Middle English losengeour, losenger, from Old French losengier, losengeor (“flatterer”), from Old French losengier (“to deceive, flatter”), from Old French losenge (“flattery”), from Frankish *lausungu (“deception, flattery”). Doublet of leasing ("lying, falsehood").

Questions about losenger

What does losenger mean?
Losenger means a flatterer or deceiver.
What part of speech is losenger?
Losenger is a noun.
How do you pronounce losenger?
Losenger is pronounced /ˈlɒzɪnd͡ʒə(ɹ)/.
What is the plural of losenger?
The plural of losenger is losengers.

Words near losenger in the dictionary

  1. losells
  2. loselry
  3. losels
  4. loseng
  5. losenge
  6. losenger
  7. losengers
  8. losenges
  9. losengs
  10. loser
  11. loser back home

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