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発音

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ˈluːsə/
• (General American) IPA: /ˈlusɚ/

形容詞

looser

1. comparative form of loose: more loose

   Her new T-shirt was just a little bit looser than the old one.

   The law is too strict; it should be made looser.

語源 2

From loose +‎ -er.

発音

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ˈluːsə/
• (General American) IPA: /ˈlusɚ/

名詞

looser (plural loosers)

1. One who looses, who sets loose or frees.
   • 1844, John Wesley, The Magazine of the Wesleyan Methodist Church:

     Therefore we cannot but infer that they did not understand the promise of their Lord as uttered in a sense at variance with the established forms of language, as conveying the doctrine which the clerical binders and loosers of later ages teach.

   • 1884, Stephen Bleecker Luce, Aaron Ward, Text-book of Seamanship:

     Loosers of topsails and courses, and men stationed at boom tricing-lines, […]

語源 3

名詞

looser

1. Misspelling of loser.

アナグラム

• roleos, sooler