Post by zenmastercivillian on Nov 10, 2008 10:22:30 GMT -5
hid⋅e⋅ous
/ˈhɪdiəs/ Show Spelled Pronunciation [hid-ee-uhs] Show IPA Pronunciation
–adjective
1. horrible or frightful to the senses; repulsive; very ugly: a hideous monster.
2. shocking or revolting to the moral sense: a hideous crime.
3. distressing; appalling: the hideous expense of moving one's home to another city.
Origin:
1275–1325; ME hidous < OF hisdos, equiv. to hisde horror, fright (perh. < OHG *egisida, akin to egisôn, agison to frighten) + -os -ous; suffix later assimilated to -eous
/ˈhɪdiəs/ Show Spelled Pronunciation [hid-ee-uhs] Show IPA Pronunciation
–adjective
1. horrible or frightful to the senses; repulsive; very ugly: a hideous monster.
2. shocking or revolting to the moral sense: a hideous crime.
3. distressing; appalling: the hideous expense of moving one's home to another city.
Origin:
1275–1325; ME hidous < OF hisdos, equiv. to hisde horror, fright (perh. < OHG *egisida, akin to egisôn, agison to frighten) + -os -ous; suffix later assimilated to -eous