hideus

Old French

Adjective

hideus m (oblique and nominative feminine singular hideuse)

ugly; hideous
- circa 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

Descendants

English: hideous
French: hideux

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