hargneux

From Middle French hargneux, from Old French hergnos (“aggressive”), derivative of Old French hergne (“quarrel, dispute”), from hergner (“to wail, complain”), from Frankish *harmijan (“to insult, injure”), from Proto-Germanic *harmijaną (“to harm, shame, pain”), from Proto-Indo-European *pḱórmos (“shame, harm, torment, pain”), from Proto-Indo-European *pḱer-. Cognate with Old High German harmjan (“to insult, torment”), Old English hearmian (“to harm, injure”). More at harm.

• ^{(aspirated h)} IPA^(key): /aʁ.ɲø/

hargneux (feminine singular hargneuse, masculine plural hargneux, feminine plural hargneuses)

1. aggressive

• “hargneux” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).