Etymology

losel

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Today it means: A worthless or despicable person, scoundrel. Full definition →

Middle English losel
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  1. Middle English · inherited fromlosel
  2. English todaylosel

From Middle English losel (also lorel), from *losen, loren, past participle of lesen (“to lose”), equivalent to lose + -le.

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