lousiness

Other forms of lousiness

plural

lousinesses·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about lousiness

What does lousiness mean?

lousiness means "infestation with lice (Pediculus humanus) resulting in severe itching". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in lousiness?

lousiness has 3 syllables: lou-si-ness. The stress falls on "lou". In IPA it is /ˈlaʊzinəs/.

What is another word for lousiness?

Close synonyms include pediculosis, loathsomeness, repulsiveness, sliminess, vileness. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is lousiness a common word?

lousiness is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.