losenger

English

Etymology

From Middle English losengeour, losenger, from Old French losengier, losengeor, from losengier (“to deceive, flatter”), losenge (“flattery”), flattery, Occitan lauzenga, from Latin laus praise. Compare lozenge.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlɒzɪnd͡ʒə(ɹ)/

Noun

losenger (plural losengers)

1. (obsolete) A flatterer or deceiver.
   • 1577, Raphaell Holinshed, “The Historie of Scotlande, […]”, in The Firste Volume of the Chronicles of England, Scotlande, and Irelande […], volume I, London: […] [Henry Bynneman] for Iohn Hunne, →OCLC, page 60:

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

References

• “losenger”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• Glen Rose

Middle English

Noun

losenger

1. Alternative form of losengeour