lous

See also: Lous

Breton

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈluːs/

Adjective

lous

1. dirty

Haitian Creole

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lus/

Noun

lous

1. bear

Luxembourgish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ləʊs]

Adjective

lous (masculine lousen, neuter loust, comparative méi lous, superlative am lousten)

1. crafty, cunning

Declension

Declension of lous

		singular			plural
		masculine	feminine	neuter
predicative		hien ass lous	si ass lous	et ass lous	si si(nn) lous
nominative / accusative	attributive and/or after determiner	lousen	lous	loust	lous
	independent without determiner			louses	louser
dative	after any declined word	lousen	louser	lousen	lousen
	as first declined word	lousem		lousem

Synonyms

• raffinéiert

Adverb

lous

1. craftily, cunningly

Middle English

Alternative forms

• lows, lowse, louse, lowce, luse

Etymology

From Old English lūs.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /luːs/
• Rhymes: -uːs

Noun

lous (plural lys)

1. louse (insect in the order Psocodea)
2. 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 2018-05-28.

Yola

Adjective

lous

1. Alternative form of lhowse
   • 1867, “A YOLA ZONG”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, number 10, page 88:

     Tommeen was lous, an zo was ee baree.

     Tommy was open, and so was the goal.

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