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losse

losse noun: a lynx. Also the obsolete spelling of loss.

Noun

losse (plural lossem)

  1. (obsolete) A lynx.
    • A losse went to prepare to hunt.
    • Losse, lynx (Dutch, los)1889, Henry Morley, Early English Prose Romances

Also used as

losse is also the obsolete spelling of loss.

Forms of losse

plurallossem
plurallosses

Origin of losse

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-.

See loss.

Questions about losse

What does losse mean?
Losse means a lynx.
What part of speech is losse?
Losse is a noun.
What is the plural of losse?
The plural of losse is lossem.

Words near losse in the dictionary

  1. loss-maker
  2. loss-makers
  3. loss-making
  4. lossage
  5. lossages
  6. losse
  7. Lossen rearrangement
  8. Lossen rearrangements
  9. lossenge
  10. lossenges
  11. lossenite

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