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lousy

adj
/ˈlaʊ.zi/

Etymology

From Middle English lousy, lowsy, lousi, equivalent to louse + -y.

  1. inherited from lousy

Definitions

  1. Unwanted and often unpleasant.

    • I worked here all summer and all I got was this lousy T-shirt.

  2. Unwell

    Unwell; under the weather.

    • I caught a cold and I've been feeling lousy all week.

  3. Infested with lice.

  4. ›+ 1 more definition

    1. Filled or packed (with something, usually bad).

      • The place was lousy with students.
      • [I talked to] Annabeth about the Greek gods who hung out in New York and made her life difficult. Apparently North America was lousy with ancient gods. We had a full-blown infestation.

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Derived

lousily, lousiness, lousy evil, unlousy

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at lousy. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

01lousy02infested03infest04plague05seen06saw07metal08moulded09mould10mouldy

A definitional loop anchored at lousy. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

10 hops · closes at lousy

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

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