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

• overtripping
• overtrips
• overtrump
• overtrumped
• overtrumping
• overtrumps
• overtrust
• overtrusted
• overtrusting
• overtrusts
• overture
• overtured
• overtures
• overturing
• overturn
• overturned
• overturner
• overturners
• overturning
• overturns
• overtype
• overuse
• overused
• overuses
• overuse syndrome