losel

losel
/loh"zeuhl, looh"-, loz"euhl/, Archaic.
n.
1. a worthless person; scoundrel.
adj.
2. worthless or useless.
[1325-75; ME: lit., one who is lost, equiv. to los- (ptp. s. of LOSE) + -el -LE]

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