pediculousadj.

Brit.

/pᵻˈdɪkjᵿləs/,

/pɛˈdɪkjᵿləs/, U.S.

/pəˈdɪkjələs/

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin pediculosus.

Etymology: < post-classical Latin pediculosus infested with lice (4th cent.) < classical Latin pēdiculus pedicle n.¹ + -ōsus -ous suffix. Compare Old French pediculous (13th cent. in an isolated attestation). N.E.D. (1904) gives only the pronunciation (pĭdi·kiŭləs) /pɪˈdɪkjʊləs/.

Of or relating to a louse or lice, esp. infested with lice. Also figurative: bad, contemptible, often used as a general term of abuse (cf. lousy adj. 2).

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > dirtiness > infestation by noxious creatures > [adjective] > with insects > with lice or nits

lousy1377

pediculara1538

pediculousc1540

nitty1570

nittical1608

crumby1859

cooty1915

the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > subclass Pterygota > [adjective] > hemimetabolous > of form of Anoplura > of order Siphunculata > full of or infested with lice

lousy1377

pediculara1538

pediculousc1540

crumby1859

c1540 Image Ipocrysy iv, in J. Skelton Poet. Wks. (1843) II. 445 Proude and pestiferous, Pold and pediculous.

1602 T. Dekker Satiro-mastix sig. D Like a lowsie Pediculous vermin th'ast but one suite to thy backe.

1699 E. Ward London Spy I. iv. 9 Most of the Pediculous Inhabitants of these uncomfortable Confines..were sitting Naked in their Cabins.

1772 N. D. Falck Treat. Venereal Dis. iii. 54 In pediculous aposthumes I have seen that vermin follow the incision lancet in large clusters.

1846 W. S. Landor Imaginary Conversat. in Wks. I. 32/2 Your pediculous friars and parti-coloured bald-coot priests.

1888 R. L. Stevenson in Scribner's Mag. Apr. 509/2 This stuff..rots uncleanly into something we call life; seized through all its atoms with a pediculous malady.

1954 Amer. Math. Monthly 61 297 Such feeble, ridiculous, and pediculous efforts..are more to be pitied than scorned.

1996 P. Reading Coll. Poems 163 Mucky Preece lives in a pigsty beside the derelict L Barn, tetrous, pediculous, skint, swilling rough cider and Blue.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	pediculous
释义	pediculousadj. Brit. /pᵻˈdɪkjᵿləs/, /pɛˈdɪkjᵿləs/, U.S. /pəˈdɪkjələs/ Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin pediculosus. Etymology: < post-classical Latin pediculosus infested with lice (4th cent.) < classical Latin pēdiculus pedicle n.¹ + -ōsus -ous suffix. Compare Old French pediculous (13th cent. in an isolated attestation). N.E.D. (1904) gives only the pronunciation (pĭdi·kiŭləs) /pɪˈdɪkjʊləs/. Of or relating to a louse or lice, esp. infested with lice. Also figurative: bad, contemptible, often used as a general term of abuse (cf. lousy adj. 2). ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > dirtiness > infestation by noxious creatures > [adjective] > with insects > with lice or nits lousy1377 pediculara1538 pediculousc1540 nitty1570 nittical1608 crumby1859 cooty1915 the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > subclass Pterygota > [adjective] > hemimetabolous > of form of Anoplura > of order Siphunculata > full of or infested with lice lousy1377 pediculara1538 pediculousc1540 crumby1859 c1540 Image Ipocrysy iv, in J. Skelton Poet. Wks. (1843) II. 445 Proude and pestiferous, Pold and pediculous. 1602 T. Dekker Satiro-mastix sig. D Like a lowsie Pediculous vermin th'ast but one suite to thy backe. 1699 E. Ward London Spy I. iv. 9 Most of the Pediculous Inhabitants of these uncomfortable Confines..were sitting Naked in their Cabins. 1772 N. D. Falck Treat. Venereal Dis. iii. 54 In pediculous aposthumes I have seen that vermin follow the incision lancet in large clusters. 1846 W. S. Landor Imaginary Conversat. in Wks. I. 32/2 Your pediculous friars and parti-coloured bald-coot priests. 1888 R. L. Stevenson in Scribner's Mag. Apr. 509/2 This stuff..rots uncleanly into something we call life; seized through all its atoms with a pediculous malady. 1954 Amer. Math. Monthly 61 297 Such feeble, ridiculous, and pediculous efforts..are more to be pitied than scorned. 1996 P. Reading Coll. Poems 163 Mucky Preece lives in a pigsty beside the derelict L Barn, tetrous, pediculous, skint, swilling rough cider and Blue. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.c1540
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