"rat-licker" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: rat-lickers [plural]
Etymology: From the urban myth that people in the Middle Ages licked rats to ward off the bubonic plague. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*reh₁d-|*leyǵʰ-}} Head templates: {{en-noun}} rat-licker (plural rat-lickers)
  1. (derogatory, neologism) A person who refuses to take preventative measures during a disease outbreak (especially the COVID-19 pandemic). Tags: derogatory, neologism Categories (topical): Coronavirus
    Sense id: en-rat-licker-en-noun-t-Kvaivp Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English neologisms

Inflected forms

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