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English

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A head louse under illumination and magnified.

Etymology

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FromMiddle Englishlous,lows,lowse, fromOld Englishlūs, fromProto-West Germanic*lūs, fromProto-Germanic*lūs, fromProto-Indo-European*lewH-.

See alsoWest Frisianlûs,Dutchluis,German Low GermanLuus,GermanLaus; alsoWelshllau(“lice”),Tocharian Bluwo, maybeSanskritयूका(yūkā).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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louse (pluralliceor(nonstandard)louses)

  2. A smallparasiticwinglessinsect of the orderPsocodea.
  3. (colloquial, dated, not usually used in plural form) Acontemptibleperson; one who isdeceitful or causes harm.
    • 1946, Joseph Thompson Shaw,The hard-boiled omnibus: early stories from Black Mask, page388:
      He said: "Thanks, friend; but you're wasting your time. You better warn Crocker. If thatlouse makes a play for me, he'll get hit withChicago lightning!"
    • 1949,Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Friend (song)
      It's then that thoselouses go back to their spouses. Diamonds are a girl's best friend.
    • 1965 December, Phil Ochs, “That Was The Year That Weren't”, inCavalier:
      […] as she raised her guitar for the last loud chord, an unseenlouse let loose a rubber-tipped arrow that landed right on her dark-skinned forehead.
    • 1983 December 17, “GDMFSOB (personal advertisement)”, inGay Community News, volume11, number22, page17:
      After you get finished betraying all your friends, how long do you think it will be before you're all alone? You will age and die all alone. You are attractive but unloving and unlovable. You're the worstlouse I have met in a long time. I hope you get what you deserve.

Usage notes

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  • When used as a term of abuse, the plural is typicallylouses, thoughlice is also possible.
  • Informally, it is common to use the plural formlice attributively, e.g.lice check.

Synonyms

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Derived terms

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Translations

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an insect of the order Psocodea
worthless person

Verb

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louse (third-person singular simple presentlouses,present participlelousing,simple past and past participleloused)

  1. To removelice from; todelouse.
    • 1938,Norman Lindsay,Age of Consent, 1st Australian edition, Sydney, N.S.W.:Ure Smith, published1962,→OCLC, page108:
      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, andlouse themselves, and pick up scraps.

Synonyms

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Translations

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To remove lice

Anagrams

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Galician

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Verb

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louse

  1. inflection oflousar:
    1. first/third-personsingularpresentsubjunctive
    2. third-personsingularimperative

Middle English

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Noun

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louse

  1. alternative form oflous
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