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Cimex Lectularius (medicine) and dastard (iou)


Cimex Lectularius (medicine)


Cimex lectularius
Member of the family Cimicidae, with a flat, reddish-brown wingless body, prominent lateral eyes, and a three-jointed beak; it produces a characteristic pungent odour from thoracic stink glands and is an abundant pest in human abodes, especially in the tropics under poor sanitary conditions. Although the bedbug's bite produces characteristic linear groups of pruritic wheals with a central haemorrhagic punctum, human disease has not been proved to be transmitted by it, with the possible exception of hepatitis B.

Synonym: bedbug.

Origin: L. Cimex, bug, L. Lectulus, a bed


dastard (iou)



dastard noun, adjective, & verb. LME.
[Prob. from dazed pa. pple & ppl adjective of DAZE verb + -ARD, infl. by DOTARD noun1 & adjective1.]
A. noun.
A dullard; a stupid person. LME-M16.
A mean, base, or despicable coward, esp. one who does malicious acts in a skulking way. L15.
b. adjective. = DASTARDLY. L15.
C. verb trans. = dastardize. L16-M17.
dastardice noun = dastardy L16-M18.
dastardize verb trans. (now rare) make a dastard of, cow M17.
dastardy noun (arch.) base or mean cowardice, dastardliness L16.