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| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : noun lous; verb lous, louz |
| Phonetic Transcription : noun laʊs; verb laʊs, laʊz |
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Définition of louse up
Origin :- "parasitic insect infecting human hair and skin," Old English lus, from Proto-Germanic *lus (cf. Old Norse lus, Middle Dutch luus, Dutch luis, Old High German lus, German Laus), from PIE *lus- "louse" (cf. Welsh lleuen "louse"). Slang meaning "obnoxious person" is from 1630s. The plural lice (Old English lys) shows effects of i-mutation. The verb meaning "to clear of lice" is from late 14c.; to louse up "ruin, botch" first attested 1934, from the literal sense (of bedding), from 1931.
- verb botch
- There's always stuff in the way to louse up a good flight plan.
- Extract from : « Eight Keys to Eden » by Mark Irvin Clifton
- All you did was louse up a perfectly promising fracas so far as they were concerned.
- Extract from : « Frigid Fracas » by Dallas McCord Reynolds
- She'd be shocked to her sweet little core, and she'd louse up the whole deal.
- Extract from : « The Galaxy Primes » by Edward Elmer Smith
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