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Webster 1913 Edition


Loos

Loos

,
Noun.
[OE.
los
, fr. OF.
los
,
laus
.]
Praise; fame; reputation.
[Obs.]
Spenser.
Good conscience and good
loos
.
Chaucer.

Definition 2024


loos

loos

See also: -loos

English

Pronunciation

  • enPR: lo͞os, IPA(key): lus
  • Rhymes: -uːs

Noun

loos (uncountable)

  1. Praise, fame, reputation.
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Etymology 2

Noun

loos

  1. plural of loo

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Cornish

Pronunciation

  • (Revived Middle Cornish) IPA(key): [loːz]
  • (Revived Late Cornish) IPA(key): [luːz]

Etymology

From Proto-Brythonic *luɨd, from Proto-Celtic *ɸlētos.

Adjective

loos

  1. grey

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -oːs

Etymology

From Old Dutch *lōs, from Proto-Germanic *lausaz.

Adjective

loos (comparative lozer, superlative meest loos or loost)

  1. sly
  2. blank, empty
  3. idle

Inflection

Inflection of loos
uninflected loos
inflected loze
comparative lozer
positive comparative superlative
predicative/adverbial loos lozer het loost
het looste
indefinite m./f. sing. loze lozere looste
n. sing. loos lozer looste
plural loze lozere looste
definite loze lozere looste
partitive loos lozers

See also

Verb

loos

  1. first-person singular present indicative of lozen
  2. imperative of lozen

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Saterland Frisian

Etymology

From Old Frisian *lās (attested only in compounds as -lās), from Proto-Germanic *lausaz. More at lease, loose.

Adjective

loos

  1. empty