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Synonyms for lice


Grammar : Noun
Spell : lahys
Phonetic Transcription : laɪs



Définition of lice

Origin :
  • "parasitic insect infecting human hair and skin," Old English lus, from Proto-Germanic *lus (cf. Old Norse lus, Middle Dutch luus, Dutch luis, Old High German lus, German Laus), from PIE *lus- "louse" (cf. Welsh lleuen "louse"). Slang meaning "obnoxious person" is from 1630s. The plural lice (Old English lys) shows effects of i-mutation. The verb meaning "to clear of lice" is from late 14c.; to louse up "ruin, botch" first attested 1934, from the literal sense (of bedding), from 1931.
  • noun bad person
Example sentences :
  • The sea-lion was very glad to have the lice picked out of its head.
  • Extract from : « Aino Folk-Tales » by Basil Hall Chamberlain
  • Said he, "If it were lice got you into that state, you'd be crawling with them."
  • Extract from : « An Onlooker in France 1917-1919 » by William Orpen
  • For they multiply like lice, and are as poisonous as the snakes that crawl in the steppe of Muhan.
  • Extract from : « Life of Schamyl » by John Milton Mackie
  • The "lice" winter as eggs under the scale and hatch in late May or early June.
  • Extract from : « Apple Growing » by M. C. Burritt
  • Along with the itch are often found parasites of the head, or lice (pediculi).
  • Extract from : « The Mother and Her Child » by William S. Sadler
  • Mosche changed all the dust in Egypt into lice; Ennana did the same.
  • Extract from : « The Works of Theophile Gautier, Volume 5 » by Theophile Gautier
  • The teeming cloud of insects was a pest equal to that of the lice of Egypt.
  • Extract from : « The Wind Before the Dawn » by Dell H. Munger
  • Yet we have them, as ants have pets, as dogs have lice, as your people have disease.
  • Extract from : « Valley of the Croen » by Lee Tarbell
  • Collect some of the enemies of the lice for your collection.
  • Extract from : « An Elementary Study of Insects » by Leonard Haseman
  • Plenty plize-money; plenty tea, lice, silk; plenty evelyting.
  • Extract from : « Blue Jackets » by George Manville Fenn

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