loque

Meaning

1. (feminine, figuratively, informal) wreck, basket case
2. (feminine, in-plural) rags
3. (Belgium, feminine) fabric scrap

Concepts

rag

tatter

floorcloth

foul brood

foulbrood

american foulbrood

european foulbrood

human wreck

Synonyms

guenille

haillon

chiffon

loque américaine

loque européennne

torchon

lambeau

Translations

Lumpen

Fetzen

Faulbrut

paçavra

çul

peste delle api

trapo

مرض الُحضنة

loque

loque

enkaz

peste europea delle api

peste americana delle api

rottame

Pronounced as (IPA)

/lɔk/

Etymology

From Middle French loque, loc (“lock of hair; tuft of coarse wool”), from Middle Dutch locke (“curl”) or Middle English lok (“lock of hair”); both ultimately from Proto-West Germanic *lokk (“lock (of hair)”), from Proto-Germanic *lukkaz (“lock (of hair)”). More at English lock.