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laid.

physically ugly

4 characters1 syllables approx.Français language

Meaning & usage

adj/lɛ/

  1. physically ugly

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    laid comme un pou

  2. morally corrupt

Where this word comes from

From Middle French laid (“hideous, ugly”), from Old French laid, leid (“unpleasant, horrible, odious”), from Vulgar Latin *laitus (“unpleasant, ugly”), from Frankish *laiþ (“unpleasant, obstinate, odious”), from Proto-Germanic *laiþaz (“sorrowful, unpleasant”), from Proto-Indo-European *leyt- (“unpleasant”).

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