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losel
/ˈləʊzəl/
noun 1adj 1
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2ADJ.
worthy
LOSEL + NOUN
art, thou
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noun
1
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 […].
adj
1
Worthless; wasteful.
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Dowtles such losels Make the churche to be In smale auctoryte; […]
Wiktionary02
The whiles a losell wandring by the way, / One that to bountie neuer cast his mind, / Ne thought of honour euer did assay […].
Wiktionary03
And, losel, thou art worthy to be hang'd.
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