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Louse
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- 1 A small parasitic wingless insect of the order Psocodea.
- 2 wingless usually flattened bloodsucking insect parasitic on warm-blooded animals wordnet
- 3 A contemptible person; one who is deceitful or causes harm. colloquial, dated
"He said: "Thanks, friend; but you're wasting your time. You better warn Crocker. If that louse makes a play for me, he'll get hit with Chicago lightning!""
- 4 wingless insect with mouth parts adapted for biting; mostly parasitic on birds wordnet
- 5 any of several small insects especially aphids that feed by sucking the juices from plants wordnet
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- 6 a person who has a nasty or unethical character undeserving of respect wordnet
- 1 To remove lice from; to delouse.
"There were a few wire-netted enclosures to keep young chickens from the hawks, but the fowls wandered at large, coming about the hut to ruffle their feathers in the dust, and louse themselves, and pick up scraps."
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).
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).
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