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lousy evil

lousy evil noun: phthiriasis.

Noun

lousy evil (uncountable)

  1. (obsolete) Phthiriasis.
    • if Heraclitus and Pherecydes could have changed their wisdome with health, and by that meanes, the one to have rid himselfe of the dropsie, and the other of the lowsie-evill [translating maladie pediculaire], which so sore tormented them, they would surely have done it[…].1603, Michel de Montaigne, chapter 12, in John Florio, transl., The Essayes […], book II, London: […] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], →OCLC
    • The seed bruised mixed with honey, and applied, or made up with wax, takes away the marks and black and blue spots of bruises, or the like, the roughness or scabbiness of the skin, as also the leprosy, and lousy evil.1652, Nicholas Culpeper, The English Physician, London, published 1816

Questions about lousy evil

What does lousy evil mean?
Lousy evil means phthiriasis.
What part of speech is lousy evil?
Lousy evil is a noun.

Words near lousy evil in the dictionary

  1. louster
  2. loustered
  3. loustering
  4. lousters
  5. lousy
  6. lousy evil
  7. lout
  8. loutea
  9. louteas
  10. louted
  11. loutery

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