pediculous, a.
(pɪˈdɪkjʊləs)
[ad. L. pedīculōs-us, f. pedīcul-us louse.]
Infested with lice, lousy; also, of or pertaining to a louse, or characterized by lice (= pedicular).
| a 1550 Image Hypocr. iv. 540 in Skelton's Wks. (1843), Proude and pestiferous Pold and pediculous. 1602 Dekker Satirom. Wks. 1873 I. 200 Like a lowsie Pediculous vermin th'ast but one suite to thy backe. 1824 Landor Imag. Conv., Jas. I & Casaubon Wks. 1853 I. 32/2 Your pediculous friars and parti-coloured bald-coot priests. 1892 Stevenson Across the Plains 291 Seized..with a pediculous malady. |