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gwrthun.

hideous, odious, repellant

7 characters1 syllables approx.Cymraeg language

Meaning & usage

adj/ˈɡʊrθɨ̞n/North-Wales/ˈɡʊrθɪn/South-Wales
  1. hideous, odious, repellant

  2. ridiculous

Where this word comes from

From earlier gwrthfun, from gwrth- (“against”) + a root *mun (“intent”) (the same element that appears in arofun (“purpose”), gofuned (“vow”)), from Proto-Celtic *monyos, from Proto-Indo-European *men- (“thought, mind”).

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