noseeum
Appearance
See also: no-see-um
English
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- (General American) IPA(key): /noʊˈsi.əm/, enPR: nōsēʹəm
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /nəʊˈsiː.əm/, enPR: nōsēʹəm
- Hyphenation: no‧see‧um
Noun
[edit]noseeum (plural noseeums)
- (colloquial) a biting midge, a small flying insect that harasses people out of doors, particularly in warm weather after sunset.
- 1983, Bob Cary, The big wilderness canoe manual:
- Noseeums will go right through a tent screen.
- 1999, Stephen King, The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon:
- The minges and noseeums had found her now, so many of them buzzing around her head that her vision seemed to dance with black specks.