losel
/ˈləʊz(ə)l
/noun archaic or dialect
A worthless person.We hear him through the night ranting and raving in his sleep: ‘Fie, losels and liars, knaves everyone....
- While geomancing losels are represented in all walks of life, they seem to be most prevalent among politicians and their corporate benefactors.
- Not since I backed a horse have I been pressed so hard; peril of life, jeopardy of land and livelihood, and to sum up, all these losels in the wood to hunt me down.
Origin
Late Middle English: apparently from los-, stem of obsolete lese 'lose', + -el.