Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗noun
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryA person who loses; one who fails to win or thrive. · Something of poor quality. · A person who is frequently unsuccessful in life. · A contemptible or unfashionable person.
From Middle English loser, losere, equivalent to lose + -er. In the sense of contemptible or worthless individual, perhaps an alteration of losel, which see.
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- Inherited-form mentionloserenm
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