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hideously

/ˈhɪdiəsli/HIH-dee-uh-slee
/ˈhɪdiəsli/HIH-dee-uh-slee

Meaningin a hideous way

Common meaning: horribly

Journey through time

  1. Old Frenchhidossource
  2. Middle Englishhidoussource
  3. Englishhideous‘very ugly’
  4. Englishformed in English from hideoushideously‘horribly’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
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  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
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Origin: Formed in English from hideous + -ly.

Dictionary: Skeat (1898), HIDEOUS, p.265 · scan

Source words

  • hidos Old French · source word “horrid”

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