What does losel mean?
Losel means (archaic) A worthless or despicable person, scoundrel..
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/ˈləʊzəl/ · noun
(archaic) A worthless or despicable person, scoundrel..
Dowtles such losels Make the churche to be In smale auctoryte; […]
The whiles a losell wandring by the way, / One that to bountie neuer cast his mind, / Ne thought of honour euer did assay […].
And, losel, thou art worthy to be hang'd.
These thousand straight-standing firm-set individuals, who shoulder arms, who march, wheel, advance, retreat; and are, for your behoof, a magazine charged with fiery death, in the most perfect condition of potential activity: few months ago, till the persuasive sergeant came, what were they? Multiform ragged losels, runaway apprentices, starved weavers, thievish valets […]
Not since I backed a horse have I been pressed so hard; peril of life, jeopardy of land and livelihood, and to sum up, all these losels in the wood to hunt me down.
Lots of folk live on their wits: / Lecturers, lispers, / Losels, loblolly-men, louts— / They don't end up as paupers; […]
‘Come on, you losel,’ he said to Spatchcock, ‘you privy calligrapher, you. You can carry his bottles. I’ll carry him.’
Use losel when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Losel means (archaic) A worthless or despicable person, scoundrel..
Common synonyms include lidderon.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
Dowtles such losels Make the churche to be In smale auctoryte; […]
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