laido

Meaning

  1. filthy, foul
  2. obscene

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French lait, leit (“unpleasant, horrible, odious”), of Germanic origin, from Low Frankish *laiþ (“unpleasant, obstinate, odious”) from Proto-Germanic *laiþaz (“sorrowful, unpleasant”), from Proto-Indo-European *leyt- (“unpleasant”). Akin to Old High German leid (“unpleasant, odious”) (German leid (“unfortunate”), Leid (“grief”)), Old Norse leiþr (“odious”), Old English lāþ (“unpleasant, odious”). More at English loath. Cognate with Sicilian làdiu.

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