louse /lows/

1. A wingless parasitic insect (genus Pediculus), with a flat body and short legs
2. Extended to similar animals related and unrelated (see bird-louse under bird, fish louse under fish¹, etc; pl lice /līs/)
3. A person worthy of contempt (informal; pl lousˈes)

1. To remove lice from
2. To spoil, make a mess of (with up; informal)

louˈser noun (Irish informal)

A contemptible person

louˈsily /-zi-/ adverb

lousˈiness noun

louˈsing noun

lousy /lowˈzi/ adjective

1. Infested with lice
2. Swarming or full (with with; informal)
3. Inferior, bad or unsatisfactory (informal)

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