pediculous
/pəˈdɪkjʊləs
/adjective rare
Infested with lice.Hedgehogs are endearing creatures, though alleged to be pediculous....
- He kicked out viciously, landing his boot indiscriminately in the pediculous wasteland of Stinker's torso.
- He thought our pediculous condition was due to a lack of hygienic precautions.
Origin
Mid 16th century: from late Latin pediculosus, from Latin pediculus 'louse'.
- destructible
- destruction
- destructive
- destructive distillation
- destructively
- destructiveness
- destructor
- desuetude
- desulfurize
- desulphurise
- desulphurization
- desulphurize
- desulphurizer
- desultorily
- desultoriness
- desultory
- desuperheater
- desynchronise
- desynchronization
- desynchronize
- Det.
- detach
- detachability
- detachable
- detached