Losenger

//ˈlɒzɪnd͡ʒə(ɹ)// noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A flatterer or deceiver. obsolete

    "To a fair pair of gallows, there to end their lives with shame, as a number of such other losengers had done."

Example

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"To a fair pair of gallows, there to end their lives with shame, as a number of such other losengers had done."

Etymology

From Middle English losengeour, losenger, from Old French losengier, losengeor (“flatterer”), from Old French losengier (“to deceive, flatter”), from Old French losenge (“flattery”), from Frankish *lausungu (“deception, flattery”). Doublet of leasing ("lying, falsehood").

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