hideus
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Old French[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From earlier hisdos, hisdus, from hisda (“horror, fear”), of uncertain and disputed origin. Probably from Frankish *egisda, *egisida (“terror, fright”), from Proto-West Germanic *agisiþu (“horror, terror”), related to *agisōn (“to horrify”).
Alternative etymology cites possible derivation from Latin hispidosus (“rugged”), from hispidus (“rough, bristly”), yet the semantic evolution is less plausible.
Adjective[edit]
hideus m (oblique and nominative feminine singular hideuse)
- ugly; hideous
- c. 1170, Christian of Troyes, Yvain ou le Chevalier au Lion:
- Grans et hideus a desmesure
Et si tres laide creature […]- Big and ugly beyond belief
Such an ugly creature
- Big and ugly beyond belief