lous

See also: Lous

Breton

Adjective

lous

1. dirty

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Haitian Creole

Noun

lous

1. bear

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Middle English

Alternative forms

• lows, lowse, louse, lowce, luse

Etymology

From Old English lūs, from Proto-Germanic *lūs.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /luːs/
• Rhymes: -uːs

Noun

lous (plural lys)

1. louse (insect in the order Psocodea)
2. A person or thing worthy of contempt or ostracism.

Descendants

• English: louse
• Scots: louse, loose

References

• “lǒus(e (n.)”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-05-28.