noseeum

See also: no-see-um

English

Alternative forms

no-see-em
no-see-um

Etymology

Shortened no see them.

Pronunciation

(General American) IPA^(key): /noʊˈsi.əm/, enPR: nōsēʹəm
(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /nəʊˈsiː.əm/, enPR: nōsēʹəm
Hyphenation: no‧see‧um

Noun

noseeum (plural noseeums)

(colloquial) a biting midge, a small flying insect that harasses people out of doors, particularly in warm weather after sunset.
- 1983, Bob Cary, The big wilderness canoe manual:
  Noseeums will go right through a tent screen.
- 1999, Stephen King, The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon:
  The minges and noseeums had found her now, so many of them buzzing around her head that her vision seemed to dance with black specks.

Synonyms

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