How do you pronounce pricklouse?

The recorded pronunciation is /ˈpɹɪklaʊs/.

pricklouse

/ˈpɹɪklaʊs/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

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noun

Archaic; Derogatory

noun

Archaic; Derogatory

"When she was under Water, and could call him Pricklouse no longer with her Lips, she held up her Hands over her Head"
"that woman […] by no threats or stripes would leave to call her husband pricke-lowse [translating pouilleux], and being cast into a pond and duckt under water, lifted up her hands, and joyning her two thumbs-nailes in act to kill lice above her head, seemed to call him lousie still […]."

From prick + louse.

pricklice (plural)

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