† want-lousen.

Forms: 1600s want-lowse, 1700s want-louse.

Origin: Either (i) a borrowing from Dutch. Or (ii) a borrowing from Middle Low German. Or (iii) a borrowing from German. Etymons: Dutch wandluis; Middle Low German wantlūs; German Wandlaus.

Etymology: < either Dutch wandluis (1514), Middle Low German wantlūs (Old Saxon wandlūs), or German †Wandlaus (Old High German, Middle High German wantlūs), with remodelling of the second element after louse n.The Germanic nouns reflect a formation < the Germanic base of Old Dutch, Middle Dutch want , Middle Low German want , Old High German want (Middle High German want , German Wand ), all in sense ‘wall’ ( < the same Germanic base as wind v.¹, probably originally with reference to the twisted branches used to make wattle walls) + the Germanic base of louse n.

Obsolete. rare.

The common bedbug, Cimex lectularius.

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the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > subclass Pterygota > [noun] > division Exopterygota or Hemimetabola > order Hemiptera > suborder Heteroptera > member of Capsidae or Miridae > cimex lectularius (bed-bug)

punaisec1530

wall-louse1540

cimex1585

bug1622

chincha1640

want-louse1655

wiglouse1658

bedbug1740

B. flat1853

Norfolk Howard1862

mahogany flat1864

1655 T. Moffett & C. Bennet Healths Improvem. iii. 15 The smel of a wantlowse may kil a child in the mothers womb.

1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) Want-Louse, a sort of Insect.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2016; most recently modified version published online September 2021).

单词	want-louse
释义	† want-lousen. Forms: 1600s want-lowse, 1700s want-louse. Origin: Either (i) a borrowing from Dutch. Or (ii) a borrowing from Middle Low German. Or (iii) a borrowing from German. Etymons: Dutch wandluis; Middle Low German wantlūs; German Wandlaus. Etymology: < either Dutch wandluis (1514), Middle Low German wantlūs (Old Saxon wandlūs), or German †Wandlaus (Old High German, Middle High German wantlūs), with remodelling of the second element after louse n.The Germanic nouns reflect a formation < the Germanic base of Old Dutch, Middle Dutch want , Middle Low German want , Old High German want (Middle High German want , German Wand ), all in sense ‘wall’ ( < the same Germanic base as wind v.¹, probably originally with reference to the twisted branches used to make wattle walls) + the Germanic base of louse n. Obsolete. rare. The common bedbug, Cimex lectularius. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > subclass Pterygota > [noun] > division Exopterygota or Hemimetabola > order Hemiptera > suborder Heteroptera > member of Capsidae or Miridae > cimex lectularius (bed-bug) punaisec1530 wall-louse1540 cimex1585 bug1622 chincha1640 want-louse1655 wiglouse1658 bedbug1740 B. flat1853 Norfolk Howard1862 mahogany flat1864 1655 T. Moffett & C. Bennet Healths Improvem. iii. 15 The smel of a wantlowse may kil a child in the mothers womb. 1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) Want-Louse, a sort of Insect. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2016; most recently modified version published online September 2021). < n.1655
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