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lus

Pronunciation: /lʉːs/

“lus” is a Norwegian Nynorsk word. Its 11 meanings in English:

noun

  1. a louse (a small blood-sucking insect in the order Psocodea)
  2. a small insect that is either closely related or similar in behaviour or appearance to a true louse, e.g. sea lice
  3. a miser; a stingy and miserly person
  4. someone who is poor and to be pitied; poor thing
  5. a single stitch (if not multiple adjacent stitches forming a single-stitch-like v-shape) of a different colour from that of the surrounding fabric, used to form a knitted pattern
  6. a hairy seed from a rosehip
  7. a piece of wood made to fill a gap that is left open, typically as a mistake during the moulding
  8. a dowel pin
  9. a crayon
  10. gills on a crab
  11. a hairgrip

Etymology

From Old Norse lús, from Proto-Germanic *lūs, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *luHs-, *lewH-. Germanic cognates include Icelandic and Faroese lús, Danish and Swedish lus, German Laus, Dutch luis, and English louse. Wider Indo-European cognates may include some in Brythonic languages, such as Welsh llau and Breton laou.

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