A.Word.A.Day--losel

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The Magic of Words

Aug 25, 2011

This week's theme
Words to describe people

This week's words
parvenu
nubile
mountebank
losel

A.Word.A.Day with Anu Garg

losel

PRONUNCIATION:

(LOA-zuhl, LOO-, LOZ-uhl)

MEANING:

noun: One that is worthless.

ETYMOLOGY:

From Middle English losen, past participle of lesen (to lose). Earliest documented use: 1362.

USAGE:

"For she had borne me to a losel vile,
A spendthrift of his substance and himself."
Dante Alighieri; The Divine Comedy; 1308-1321.
Translation: Henry F. Cary; 1805-1814.



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A THOUGHT FOR TODAY:

All know that the drop merges into the ocean but few know that the ocean merges into the drop. - Kabir, reformer, poet (late 15th century)




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