As a proper noun lisa
is .
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.
lisa
English
Proper noun
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- You were born in the '70s? Were you named after on As the World Turns?
Usage notes
* Taken to general use as a full English given name in early 20th century. Very popular in the U.S. in the 1960s, and in the U.K. a decade later.
Quotations
* 1868 Concocted by William Meynell Whittmore (and others): Sunshine : page 138:
*: Elizabeth coloured.
*: "Oh, I don't want the doll called after me, if that is what you mean," she said, rather disdainfully.
*: "Nonsense, Lisa !" laughed her father, "you ought to consider yourself highly honoured to have such a handsome lady as this for your namesake."
* 1997 , Moon Tiger . Grove Press. ISBN0802135331
*: Lisa' is a better name. Claudia bangs, like the gong in the hall at Sotleigh. Bang - whoom! ' Lisa makes a nice silky noise, like streams or rain.
* 2007 , My Latest Grievance ISBN 0618872353 page 16:
*: Did I want to be burdened with a common name? Be the third Lisa and fourth Susan in my classroom? Darleen or Doreen or Maureen?
*: I did.
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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
