laido

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Galician

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Old French lait, leit (unpleasant, horrible, odious), of Germanic origin, from Proto-Germanic *laiþaz (sorrowful, unpleasant), from Proto-Indo-European *leyt- (unpleasant). More at English loath.

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laido (feminine laida, masculine plural laidos, feminine plural laidas)

  1. very ugly
    • 1370, Ramón Lorenzo, editor, Crónica troiana, A Coruña: Fundación Barrié, page 398:
      Mays era tã laydo et tã desaposto que esto sería hũa grã marauilla de cõtar, ca el nõ andaua uestido, mays todo era cabeludo cõmo besta
      But he was so ugly and unhandsome that this would be a marvellous story, because he didn't wear clothes, but he was totally furred as a beast

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Italian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Old French lait, leit (unpleasant, horrible, odious), of Germanic origin, from Low Frankish *laiþ (unpleasant, obstinate, odious) from Proto-Germanic *laiþaz (sorrowful, unpleasant), from Proto-Indo-European *leyt- (unpleasant). Akin to Old High German leid (unpleasant, odious) (German leid (unfortunate), Leid (grief)), Old Norse leiþr (odious), Old English lāþ (unpleasant, odious). More at English loath.

Adjective

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laido (feminine laida, masculine plural laidi, feminine plural laide)

  1. filthy, foul
  2. obscene

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Spanish

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Etymology

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From Middle French laid (hideous, ugly), from Old French laid, leid (unpleasant, horrible, odious), from Vulgar Latin *laitus (unpleasant, ugly), from Frankish *laiþ (unpleasant, obstinate, odious), from Proto-Germanic *laiþaz (sorrowful, unpleasant), from Proto-Indo-European *leyt- (unpleasant). Akin to Old High German leid (unpleasant, odious) (German leid (unfortunate), Leid (grief)), Old Norse leiþr (odious), Old English lāþ (unpleasant, odious). More at loath.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈlaido/ [ˈlai̯.ð̞o]
  • Rhymes: -aido
  • Syllabification: lai‧do

Adjective

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laido (feminine laida, masculine plural laidos, feminine plural laidas)

  1. (archaic) ugly
  2. (archaic) ignominious
  3. (archaic) sad, downcast

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