Dec. 14th, 2011

pediculous

Dec. 14th, 2011 07:19 am
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pediculous (puh-dik-yuh-LOH-sis) - adj., infested with lice; lousy.


Borrowed in either the 16th or 19th century (or reborrowed?) from Latin pedīculus, diminutive of pēdis, louse.

---L.
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