hideux

French

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle French hideux, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old French hideus, hydus, hisdos (“that which inspires terror”), from hide, hede, hisda (“horror, fear”), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Frankish *egisda, egisida (“terror, fright”), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Germanic *agisiþō (“horror, terror”), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Germanic *agisōną (“to frighten, terrorise”), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Germanic *agaz (“terror, fear”), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Indo-European *ag(')h- (“to frighten”). Cognate with Old High German egisa, egidī (“horror”), Old English egesa (“fear, dread”), Gothic 𐌰𐌲𐌹𐍃 (agis, “fear, terror”).

Alternative etymology cites possible derivation from Latin hispidosus (“rugged”), from hispidus (“rough, bristly”), yet the semantic evolution is more difficult to trace.

Pronunciation

• ^{(aspirated h)} IPA^(key): /i.dø/

• hideux:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ø

Adjective

hideux (feminine hideuse, masculine plural hideux, feminine plural hideuses)

1. grotesque; vile; hideous

See also

• moche
• laid

Further reading

• “hideux”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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Middle French

Alternative forms

• hideus

Adjective

hideux m (feminine singular hideuse, masculine plural hideux, feminine plural hideuses)

1. hideous

Descendants

• French: hideux