As an adjective lousy
is remarkably bad; of poor quality, dirty, or underhanded; mean, contemptible.
As a letter x is
the twenty-fourth letter of the.
As a symbol x is
voiceless velar fricative.
lousy
English
Adjective
(er)
Remarkably bad; of poor quality, dirty, or underhanded; mean, contemptible.
* No offense, but your cooking is lousy .
Infested with lice.
(colloquial) Filled or packed with something.
* The place was lousy with students .
* She's lousy with credit cards, goes shopping every day!
Usage notes
Prior to World War II, it was an offensive insult, implying filthiness. Now considered a mild or rather dated term.
Derived terms
* lousy evil
Related terms
* cootie, crab louse, crabs, louse, pubic louse
x
Translingual
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wikipedia X)
Etymology 1
Letter
The twenty-fourth letter of the .
Symbol
(
mul-symbol)
A symbol of the IPA, representing a voiceless uvular fricative.
strike
Etymology 2
Possibly from skull and crossbones
Derived terms
* XXX
See also
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, page=X
, NATO=X-ray
, Morse=–··–
, Character=X
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Image:Fraktur letter X.png, Uppercase and lowercase X in Fraktur
Roman numerals
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