lous

== Breton == === Etymology === (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈluːs/ === Adjective === lous dirty == Haitian Creole == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /lus/ === Noun === lous bear == Luxembourgish == === Etymology === From Middle High German lōs (“loose”, figuratively also “cunning, impudent”). Cognate with German los(e), Dutch loos, English loose. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ləʊ̯s] === Adjective === lous (masculine lousen, neuter loust, comparative méi lous, superlative am lousten) crafty, cunning Synonyms: schlau, raffinéiert smart, clever Synonyms: schlau, klug ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== == 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 28 May 2018. == Yola == === Adjective === lous alternative form of lhowse === References === Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828), 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, published 1867, page 88