Losenger
//ˈlɒzɪnd͡ʒə(ɹ)// noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 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
More examples"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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