Louse vs Fouse - What's the difference?

louse | fouse |


As a noun louse

is a small parasitic wingless insect of the order phthiraptera .

As a verb louse

is to remove lice from the body of a person or animal; to delouse.

As an adjective fouse is

ready, eager, prompt, quick, striving forward, inclined to, willing.

louse

English

(wikipedia louse)

Noun

(en-noun)
  • A small parasitic wingless insect of the order Phthiraptera .
  • (colloquial, dated, not usually used in plural form) A contemptible person; one who has recently taken an action considered deceitful or indirectly harmful.

    • Synonyms

    * (insect) (North America) cootie * (contemptible person) maggot, worm

    Derived terms

    * body louse * booklouse * crab louse * head louse * louser * lousy * pubic louse * sea louse * three skips of a louse

    Verb

    (lous)
  • To remove lice from the body of a person or animal; to delouse.

    • Synonyms

    * delouse

    Anagrams

    * English nouns with irregular plurals English words with multiple plurals

    fouse

    English

    Adjective

    (en-adj)
  • ready, eager, prompt, quick, striving forward, inclined to, willing
  • ardent, zealous, passionate, expectant, brave, noble: ready to depart, die; dying
    • But I mean she was the most fouse girl so understandable! — Exhale, 2011

    References

    * Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia