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losel
[
loh
-z
uh
l
,
loo
-
,
loz
-
uh
l
]
lo·sel
/
ˈloʊ
zəl
,
ˈlu-
,
ˈlɒz
əl
/
Show Spelled
[
loh
-z
uh
l
,
loo
-
,
loz
-
uh
l
]
Show IPA
Archaic
.
noun
1.
a worthless person; scoundrel.
adjective
2.
worthless or useless.
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an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle.
a fool or simpleton; ninny.
a gadget; dingus; thingumbob.
a chattering or flighty, light-headed person.
a gadget; dingus; thingumbob.
a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes.
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Origin:
1325–75;
Middle English:
literally, one who is lost, equivalent to
los-
(past participle stem of
lose
) +
-el
-le
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losel
(ˈləʊz
ə
l)
—
n
1.
a worthless person
—
adj
2.
(of a person) worthless, useless, or wasteful
[C14: from
losen,
from the past participle of
lose
]
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