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loos

noun
SayLOOZ/luːz/

2 meanings of loos

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  1. 1
    noun
    Plural of loo. Use this form when you mean more than one toilet.

    The festival had rows of portable loos lined up near the entrance.

    Both loos on the second floor were out of order all weekend.

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  2. 2
    nounobsoleteuncountable
    Praise, fame, or a good name won by what someone does.
    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, The Faerie QueeneHere, loos means praise or fame earned by deeds.
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loos is a form of loo

loo, noun: British word for a toilet, or the room with a toilet in it. Full entry

Forms
looloos plural
Spelling
loo → loos: add -s

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Origin

From Middle English loos, meaning fame or reputation. It came from Old French los, from Latin laus, meaning praise or glory.