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louse

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  • Reino Unido//laʊs//

A small parasitic wingless insect of the order Psocodea.

sustantivo

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    A small parasitic wingless insect of the order Psocodea.

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    anticuadoA contemptible person; one who is deceitful or causes harm.

    He said: "Thanks, friend; but you're wasting your time. You better warn Crocker. If that louse makes a play for me, he'll get hit with Chicago lightning!"

    It's then that those louses go back to their spouses. Diamonds are a girl's best friend.

    […] as she raised her guitar for the last loud chord, an unseen louse let loose a rubber-tipped arrow that landed right on her dark-skinned forehead.

    After you get finished betraying all your friends, how long do you think it will be before you're all alone? You will age and die all alone. You are attractive but unloving and unlovable. You're the worst louse I have met in a long time. I hope you get what you deserve.

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    jergaThe currency sign ¤.

Etimología

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *lewH-? Proto-Germanic *lūs Proto-West Germanic *lūs Old English lūs Middle English lous English louse From Middle English lous, lows, lowse, from Old English lūs, from Proto-West Germanic *lūs, from Proto-Germanic *lūs, from Proto-Indo-European *lewH-. Cognate with West Frisian lûs, Dutch luis, German Low German Luus, German Laus, Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, and Swedish lus, Faroese and Icelandic lús; also Welsh llau (“lice”), Tocharian B luwo, maybe Sanskrit यूका (yūkā).

verbo

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    To remove lice from; to delouse.

    ‘Nor have I combed, washed or loused myself this six months past, there being so few daring deeds to do on this Highway.’

    There were a few wire-netted enclosures to keep young chickens from the hawks, but the fowls wandered at large, coming about the hut to ruffle their feathers in the dust, and louse themselves, and pick up scraps.

verbo

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    Variante de looseobsoletoObsolete form of loose.

    To ſome it louſeth the belly verie freelie, but not at the firſt. Others thinks it bindeth them. Yet it ſeemeth to louſe moe then it bindeth.

sustantivo

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    Variante de looseobsoletoObsolete form of loose.

Formas

plural
lice, louses
pasado
loused
participio
loused
gerundio
lousing
3.ª persona del singular
louses
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