DELOUSE

delouse

(verb) free of lice; “They deloused the prisoners after they liberated the camps”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Verb

delouse (third-person singular simple present delouses, present participle delousing, simple past and past participle deloused)

To remove lice from.

To apply insecticides or insect repellents to, in order to be sure that no lice or other parasites are present.

(computing) to remove malicious software, such as viruses, trojans, spyware, or worms, from.

Source: Wiktionary



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Word of the Day

29 March 2025

THOUGHTLESS

(adjective) without care or thought for others; “the thoughtless saying of a great princess on being informed that the people had no bread; ‘Let them eat cake’”


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Coffee Trivia

According to Guinness World Records, the largest collection of coffee pots belongs to Robert Dahl (Germany) and consists of 27,390 coffee pots as of 2 November 2012, in Rövershagen, Germany.

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