loos en · NOUN · etymology 1
Pronunciation
- /luːz/
- lo͞oz
Meanings
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(form-of, plural) plural of loo
form of loo
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loos en · NOUN · etymology 2
Pronunciation
- /luːz/
- lo͞oz
Etymology
From Middle English loos, lōs (“reputation, renown, fame, infamy, rumor, news”), from Old French los, from Latin laus (“praise, glory, fame, renown”). Doublet of laud.
Meanings
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(obsolete, uncountable) Praise; fame; reputation.
That much he feared, leaſt reprochfull blame / VVith foule diſhonour him mote blot therefore; / Beſides the loſſe of ſo much loos and fame, / As through the world thereby ſhould glorifie his name.
1596, Edmund Spenser, “Book VI, Canto XII”, in The Faerie Queene. […], part II (books IV–VI), London: […] [Richard Field] for William Ponsonby, →OCLC, stanza 12, page 510:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| lose | alternative | lexicographic | |
| los | alternative | lexicographic |