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Middle English
- losanger, losangere, losanjour, losenger, losengere, losengour, losengowr, losenjour, losenjoure, losongere, losynger, losyngere, lozengeour, lozenjour
Etymology
From Old French losengeor; equivalent to losengen + -our.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˌlɔzɛnˈd͡ʒuːr/, /ˈlɔzɛnd͡ʒur/, /ˌlɔzɛnˈd͡ʒeːr/, /ˈlɔzɛnd͡ʒər/
Noun
losengeour (plural losengeours)
- flatterer, sycophant
1387–1400, Geoffrey Chaucer, “The Tale of the Nonnes Preest”, in The Canterbury Tales, ,
→OCLC; republished in [
William Thynne], editor,
The Workes of Geffray Chaucer Newlye Printed, ,
:
[
Richard Grafton for]
Iohn Reynes ,
1542,
→OCLC:
Alas! ye lordes, many a false flatour / Is in your court, and many a losengeour.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- liar, fibber
- deceiver, trickster
- rogue, scoundrel
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