Definitions
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- adj. Alternative form of pedicular.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
- adj. Pedicular.
from The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- Lousy; infested with lice; affected with phthiriasis.
Etymologies
Latin pediculosus. (Wiktionary)
Examples
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The pediculous condition made frequent treatment necessary for comfort.
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This stuff, when not purified by the lustration of fire, rots uncleanly into something we call life; seized through all its atoms with a pediculous malady; swelling in tumours that become independent, sometimes even (by an abhorrent prodigy) locomotory; one splitting into millions, millions cohering into one, as the malady proceeds through varying stages.
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I devour the pediculous corpse Whetting my palate as I exhume The festering stench of rotting flesh Makes me drool as I consume ...
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reesetee commented on the word pediculous
I do love "lousy" when used that way, uncleosbert. Unfortunately, it's rarely used that way anymore. :-)
August 20, 2007
slumry commented on the word pediculous
Or silly feet--ped=feet+ridiculous
August 13, 2007
uncleosbert commented on the word pediculous
it is not, repeat NOT "infested with headlice"
http://wordimperfect.blogspot.com/2007/05/pediculous.html
we can win this one, wordies. "infested with headlice" is much more honest when it appears on the note pinned to your kid's shirt than "pediculous". that makes you run to the dictionary, then the pharmacy. and there's a perfectly good alternate... "lousy". pediculous needs its own definition, to free it from medicine; taking all the good words and ruining them for the rest of us. we need this one back...
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August 13, 2007