louse

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From Middle English lows(e), from Old English lūs, from Proto-Germanic *lūs (cf. West Frisian lûs, Dutch luis, German Laus), from Proto-Indo-European *lus (cf. Welsh llau ‘lice’, Tocharian luwa, Russian вошь (voš’), Persian rišk, Sanskrit yūkā).

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louse (plural lice or (nonstandard) louses)

  1. A small parasitic wingless insect of the order Phthiraptera.
  2. (colloquial, dated, not usually used in plural form) A contemptible person; one who has recently taken an action considered deceitful or indirectly harmful.

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louse (third-person singular simple present louses, present participle lousing, simple past and past participle loused)

  1. To remove lice from the body of a person or animal; to delouse.

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