lous

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Breton

Etymology

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Pronunciation

Adjective

lous

  1. dirty

Haitian Creole

Pronunciation

Noun

lous

  1. bear

Middle English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old English lūs.

Pronunciation

Noun

lous (plural lys)

  1. louse (insect in the order Psocodea)
  2. A person or thing worthy of contempt or ostracism.

Descendants

  • English: louse
  • Scots: louse, loose

References

Yola

Adjective

lous

  1. Alternative form of lhowse
    • 1867, “A YOLA ZONG”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, number 10, page 88:
      Tommeen was lous, an zo was ee baree.
      Tommy was open, and so was the goal.

References

  • Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 88
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