9 February 2018

losel

[loh-zuh l, loo-, loz-uh l] Archaic.

noun

1. a worthless person; scoundrel.
adjective
2. worthless or useless.

Origin of losel

1325-1375; Middle English: literally, one who is lost, equivalent to los- (past participle stem of lose ) + -el -le

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Examples from the Web for losel

Contemporary Examples

Yauch is survived by his wife Dechen Wengdu and their daughter, losel.
Adam Yauch, a.k.a. MCA, the Beastie Boy Who Transcended Rap, Dead at 47
Chris Lee
May 4, 2012

Historical Examples

What more could you do, had he bestowed her upon a churl, a losel or a slave?
The Decameron of Giovanni Boccaccio
Giovanni Boccaccio

The ‘ losel,’ the moral outcast, keeps his own conceit of truth though through a maze of lies.
A Handbook to the Works of Browning (6th ed.)
Mrs. Sutherland Orr

Today’s quote

Sexuality is one of the ways that we become enlightened, actually, because it leads us to self-knowledge.

– Alice Walker

On this day

9 February 1944 – birth of Alice Walker, American author, poet and activist. She grew up in the America’s deep south, under the notorious ‘Jim Crow’ laws which segrated whites and blacks. She has since written numerous books, including the Pulitzer Award winning ‘The Color Purple’ which addressed much of the issues facing society in Georgia in the 1930s.

9 February 1981 – death of Bill Haley, who arguably had the world’s first ever rock’n’roll song, ‘Rock Around the Clock’. He was born 6 July 1925.

9 February 1997 – death of Brian Connolly, Scottish rocker, lead singer of Sweet (Fox on the Run, Ballroom Blitz, Teenage Rampage, Action). Born 5 October 1945.