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cootie

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6 lettersPronunciation /ˈkuːti/Part of speech nounSorted ceiootStarts with CEnds with E0 clues
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Definitions

  1. a parasitic louse that infests the body of human beings

Word origin

Probably from Malay kutu (“flea, louse”) (and/or Tagalog/Māori). First attested in English in 1917 as British army slang during World War I.

Used in a sentence

  • I’m not drinking from his glass until I wash the cooties off it.

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