Synonyms for louse
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : noun lous; verb lous, louz |
| Phonetic Transcription : noun laÊŠs; verb laÊŠs, laÊŠz |
Définition of louse
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
- Said the other: "I will become a louse, so as to be able to stay always in her bosom."
- Extract from : « Aino Folk-Tales » by Basil Hall Chamberlain
- The man might be a louse, but he was also a fighting machine of first order, still.
- Extract from : « Police Your Planet » by Lester del Rey
- Dont claw your back as if after a flea; or your head, as if after a louse.
- Extract from : « Early English Meals and Manners » by Various
- There's always stuff in the way to louse up a good flight plan.
- Extract from : « Eight Keys to Eden » by Mark Irvin Clifton
- The man has not the soul of a louse, and as for her, she's the finest gold!
- Extract from : « Doom Castle » by Neil Munro
- "I too know it wasn't a louse," he answered, looking strangely at her.
- Extract from : « Crime and Punishment » by Fyodor Dostoevsky
- I discovered my first louse while I was at luncheon in the trenches.
- Extract from : « Training for the Trenches » by Leslie Vickers
- He is not a louse, like the papers have been making him out.
- Extract from : « Warren Commission (1 of 26): Hearings Vol. I (of 15) » by The President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy
- "Awa wi' ye, or a'll louse the dog," an honest woman was saying.
- Extract from : « The Days of Auld Lang Syne » by Ian MacLaren
- Or does that louse Emory deliberately saddle me with them when I'm on a mission?
- Extract from : « The Syndic » by C.M. Kornbluth
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