louseling

noun

Etymology

From louse + -ling.

  1. derived from *lewH-
  2. inherited from *lūs
  3. inherited from *lūs
  4. inherited from lūs
  5. inherited from lous
  6. formed as louseling — “louse + -ling

Definitions

  1. A small or immature louse

    A small or immature louse; nymph

    • He that, without a microscope, could tell On one small louse how many licelings dwell!
    • The eggs of the head louse are glued to hairs just above the scalp, where they remain even after the enclosed louseling has left.
    • They survive and they have louselings which are tough too.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for louseling. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA