† puliciousadj.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin pūlic- , pūlex , -ious suffix.

Etymology: < classical Latin pūlic-, pūlex flea (see pulicine adj.) + -ious suffix. Compare earlier pulicose adj., pulicous adj.

Obsolete. rare.

Infested with fleas; (of a disease) caused or transmitted by the bites of fleas.

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1843 G. W. Le Fevre Life Trav. Physician i. xviii A pulicious fever, caused by lying upon an old leathern sofa, prevented me from closing my eyes.

1853 G. J. Cayley Las Alforjas I. 197 We slept in our clothes across a very pulicious mattress.

1869 R. F. Burton Explor. Highlands Brazil I. 159 The venomous, irritating wound [of the tick] will bring on a ricinian fever, like the pulicious fever of Russia.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online June 2020).

单词	pulicious
释义	† puliciousadj. Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin pūlic- , pūlex , -ious suffix. Etymology: < classical Latin pūlic-, pūlex flea (see pulicine adj.) + -ious suffix. Compare earlier pulicose adj., pulicous adj. Obsolete. rare. Infested with fleas; (of a disease) caused or transmitted by the bites of fleas. ΚΠ 1843 G. W. Le Fevre Life Trav. Physician i. xviii A pulicious fever, caused by lying upon an old leathern sofa, prevented me from closing my eyes. 1853 G. J. Cayley Las Alforjas I. 197 We slept in our clothes across a very pulicious mattress. 1869 R. F. Burton Explor. Highlands Brazil I. 159 The venomous, irritating wound [of the tick] will bring on a ricinian fever, like the pulicious fever of Russia. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online June 2020). < adj.1843
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