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phthirophagous
"Louse-eating. Also
figurative
(in depreciative use)", Mid 19th century; earliest use found in Robert Mayne (1808–1868). From classical Latin
Phthīrophagī
lice-eaters, the name given to a tribe living near the Black Sea +
-ous
.