pedicular

[ puh-dik-yuh-ler ]

adjective

1. of or relating to lice.

pedicular

/ pɪˈdɪkjʊlə /

adjective

1. relating to, infested with, or caused by lice
2. biology of or relating to a stem, stalk, or pedicle

Word History and Origins

Origin of pedicular¹

1650–60; < Latin pēdiculāris, derivative of pēdiculus, diminutive of pēdis louse; -cule ¹, -ar ¹

Word History and Origins

Origin of pedicular¹

C17: from Latin pedīculāris, from pedīculus, diminutive of pedis louse

Example Sentences

"Can't be too pedicular in a pinch," he grinned as he wriggled dubiously into the dry garments, and in a few minutes he was seated beside the girl upon a rough bench drawn close to the fire.

From Project Gutenberg

Sometimes it is vegetable stuff, sometimes animal, but it always teems with pedicular creatures akin to that low and vulgar kind not usually recognized in polite society.

From Project Gutenberg

Even now the Homoeopathists have been introducing the venom of serpents, under the learned title of Lachesis, and outraging human nature with infusions of the pediculus capitis; that is, of course, as we understand their dilutions, the names of these things; for if a fine-tooth-comb insect were drowned in Lake Superior, we cannot agree with them in thinking that every drop of its waters would be impregnated with all the pedicular virtues they so highly value.

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