See Also: glander(dictionary)
suss(1)(dictionary)
suss(2)(dictionary)
suss(dictionary)

suss(1) (iou) and glander (iou)


suss(1) (iou)



suss noun, adjective, & adverb. slang. Also sus. M20.
[Abbreviation of SUSPICION noun. In sense 3 from the verb.]
A. noun.
Suspicion of having committed a crime; suspicious behaviour, esp. loitering. Freq. in on suss. M20.
F. Forsyth You were in his section at the time he came under suss.
A suspected person, a police suspect. M20.
Know-how, savoir faire. L20.
Comb.: suss law Hist. the law (in force 1824-1981) under which a person could be arrested on suspicion of having committed a crime.
b. adjective. Suspicious, suspect; of questionable provenance. M20.
C. adverb. Suspiciously. M20.

glander (iou)



glander noun. L15.
[Old French glandre from Latin glandulae pl., throat glands, swollen glands in the neck: see GLANDULE.]
A glandular swelling about the neck. L15-E16.
In pl. (treated as sing.; often with the). An infectious fatal disease of horses, donkeys, etc. (also transmissible to humans), caused by the bacterium Pseudomonas mallei, and characterized by inflammation or ulceration of the nasal mucous membranes and lymph nodes, and nodule formation in the lungs, spleen, etc. E16.
glandered adjective affected with glanders M17.
glanderous adjective affected with, or of the Nature of, glanders E18.