louse
Meanings
Noun
- wingless usually flattened bloodsucking insect parasitic on warm-blooded animals
- a person who has a nasty or unethical character undeserving of respect
- any of several small insects especially aphids that feed by sucking the juices from plants
- wingless insect with mouth parts adapted for biting; mostly parasitic on birds
- A small parasitic wingless insect of the order Psocodea.
- A contemptible person; one who is deceitful or causes harm.
Verb
- To remove lice from; to delouse.
Origin / Etymology
From Middle English lous, lows, lowse, from Old English lūs, from Proto-West Germanic *lūs, from Proto-Germanic *lūs, from Proto-Indo-European *lewH-.
See also West Frisian lûs, Dutch luis, German Low German Luus, German Laus; also Welsh llau (“lice”), Tocharian B luwo, maybe Sanskrit यूका (yūkā).
Synonyms
arithmetic bug, bird louse, biting louse, cootie, delouse, dirt ball, insect, leaping dandruff, maggot, plant louse, sucking louse, worm
Scrabble Score: 5
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