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Losel   Listen
noun
Losel  n.  One who loses by sloth or neglect; a worthless person; a lorel. (Archaic) "One sad losel soils a name for aye."






Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48








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"Losel" Quotes from Famous Books



... Upon a field of azure fair, A castle and a falcon, set Below a chief of golden fret. And in our day a certain knight Prayed to be worsted in no fight, And so it happed to him: yet he Died none the less most wretchedly. And all his prowess was in vain, For by a losel was he slain, As on the highway side he slept One summer night, of no ...
— The Earthly Paradise - A Poem • William Morris

... never knew A man more opportune my wants to stead; I know not whether any one to you Perchance may have announced my pressing need Of such fair arms, — or you conjectured true, — As well as of that goodly sable weed. You verily arrived in season are My needs (pursued the losel) to repair." ...
— Orlando Furioso • Lodovico Ariosto



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