loos

See also -loos, and Loos

English

Etymology 1

From Middle English lōs (“reputation, renown, fame, infamy, rumor, news”), from Old French los, from Latin laus (“praise, glory, fame, renown”). Compare laud.

Pronunciation

• enPR: lo͞os, IPA: lus, X-SAMPA: lus

Noun

loos (uncountable)

1. Praise, fame, reputation.

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References

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.

Etymology 2

Noun

loos

1. Plural form of loo

Anagrams

• Oslo, solo

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Dutch

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -oːs

Adjective

loos (comparative lozer, superlative meest loos or loost)

1. sly
2. blank, empty
3. idle

Declension

Declension of loos

		positive	comparative	superlative
				attributive	predicative/adverbial
predicative/adverbial		loos	lozer
neuter singular	indefinite	loos	lozer
	definite	loze	lozere	looste	loost, looste
common singular		loze	lozere	looste	looste
plural		loze	lozere	looste	looste
partitive		loos	lozers

See also

• -loos

Verb

loos

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

Anagrams

• Oslo