Synonyms for lice
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : lahys |
| Phonetic Transcription : laɪs |
Définition of lice
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.
- noun bad person
- The sea-lion was very glad to have the lice picked out of its head.
- Extract from : « Aino Folk-Tales » by Basil Hall Chamberlain
- Said he, "If it were lice got you into that state, you'd be crawling with them."
- Extract from : « An Onlooker in France 1917-1919 » by William Orpen
- For they multiply like lice, and are as poisonous as the snakes that crawl in the steppe of Muhan.
- Extract from : « Life of Schamyl » by John Milton Mackie
- The "lice" winter as eggs under the scale and hatch in late May or early June.
- Extract from : « Apple Growing » by M. C. Burritt
- Along with the itch are often found parasites of the head, or lice (pediculi).
- Extract from : « The Mother and Her Child » by William S. Sadler
- Mosche changed all the dust in Egypt into lice; Ennana did the same.
- Extract from : « The Works of Theophile Gautier, Volume 5 » by Theophile Gautier
- The teeming cloud of insects was a pest equal to that of the lice of Egypt.
- Extract from : « The Wind Before the Dawn » by Dell H. Munger
- Yet we have them, as ants have pets, as dogs have lice, as your people have disease.
- Extract from : « Valley of the Croen » by Lee Tarbell
- Collect some of the enemies of the lice for your collection.
- Extract from : « An Elementary Study of Insects » by Leonard Haseman
- Plenty plize-money; plenty tea, lice, silk; plenty evelyting.
- Extract from : « Blue Jackets » by George Manville Fenn
Words or expressions associated with your search
- accomplice
- accomplices
- bare no malice
- bear malice toward
- chalice
- deliberate malice
- feel malice to
- gambling police
- get spliced
- kitchen police
- lice
- license
- licensed
- licensed practical nurse
- licensed practical nurses
- licentiate
- licentious
- licentiousness
- malice
- malice aforethought
- malice aforethoughts
- malice prepense
- malice prepenses
- military police
- police
- police car
- police force
- police officer
- police officers
- police photograph
- police van
- police vehicle
- police wagon
- police woman
- policeman
- policewoman
- prostitution police
- scilicet
- silent policeman
- sleeping policeman
- slice
- slice up
- special police
- splice
- state-licensed accountant
- tactical police
- videlicet
Most wanted synonyms
Based on : Thesaurus.com - Gutenberg.org - Dictionary.com - Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019