lousy
English
/laʊ.zi/
adj
Definitions
- Remarkably bad; of poor quality, dirty, or underhanded; mean, contemptible.
- Infested with lice.
- (colloquial) Filled or packed (with something, usually bad).
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English lousy affix from English louse.
Origin
English
louse
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- booklouse English
- delouse English
- head louse English
- headlouse English
- louse English
- louse-ridden English
- louseborne English
- louselike English
- louseling English
- lousewort English
- lousicide English
- lousily English
- lousiness English
- pricklouse English
- woodlouse English
- Laus German
- lous Middle English
- lousy Middle English
- laŭso Esperanto
- laus Tok Pisin