los
nounnounnouncommon in dialogue
- United Kingdom//lɒs//
- United States//lɑs//
A medium-sized wildcat, most of them part of the genus Lynx.
noun
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obsoleteA medium-sized wildcat, most of them part of the genus Lynx.
The los had been brought from a northern part of the United States.
A beaſt like unto a wolfe having many ſpottes, and being exceeding quicke of ſight: a wolfe like an hart, a Los or Lynx.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English lusk, from Old English lox, from Proto-West Germanic *luhs, from Proto-Germanic *luhsaz. Cognate with Scots los, Saterland Frisian Luks, Low German Luks, Dutch los, German Luchs, Luxembourgish Luuss.
noun
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Variant of lossobsoleteObsolete form of loss.
If we come under France, we have not onely Spaine our enimie by Sea and Land (as we have ſhewne) but the los of our Spaniſh Trade, and the hazarding of our whole Levant Traffick: And if we rightly calculate, that amounts to no ſmall part of our Commerce.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English los, from Old English los, from Proto-Germanic *lusą, from Proto-Indo-European *lews-.
noun
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Variant of loosAlternative form of loos (“praise; fame; reputation”).
Forms
- plural
- loses
los · A medium-sized wildcat, most of them part of the genus Lynx.
lose · To cease to have (something) in one's possession or…Lose · A surname from German.loser · A person who loses; one who fails to win or thrive.