Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗noun
A worthless or despicable person, scoundrel.
adj
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryWorthless; wasteful.
From Middle English losel (also lorel), from *losen, loren, past participle of lesen (“to lose”), equivalent to lose + -le.
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- Inherited-form mentionloselenm
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