losel

UK /ˈləʊzəl/ US /ˈləʊzəl/

noun 1adj 1

Definitions

noun

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

Worthless; wasteful.

ADJ.

worthy

LOSEL + NOUN

art, thou

Dowtles such losels Make the churche to be In smale auctoryte; […]

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The whiles a losell wandring by the way, / One that to bountie neuer cast his mind, / Ne thought of honour euer did assay […].

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And, losel, thou art worthy to be hang'd.

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