lous
See also: Lous
Breton
Etymology
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Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈluːs/
Adjective
lous
- dirty
Haitian Creole
Noun
lous
- bear
Middle English
Alternative forms
- lows, lowse, louse, lowce, luse
Etymology
From Old English lūs.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /luːs/
- Rhymes: -uːs
Noun
lous (plural lys)
- louse (insect in the order Psocodea)
- A person or thing worthy of contempt or ostracism.
Descendants
- English: louse
- Scots: louse, loose
References
- “lǒus(e, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-05-28.
Yola
Adjective
lous
- Alternative form of lhowse
- 1867, “A YOLA ZONG”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, number 10:
- Tommeen was lous, an zo was ee baree.
- Tommy was open, and so was the goal.
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References
- Jacob Poole (1867), 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, page 88