laid

adjectivecommon noun

Syllable Decomposition

laid

from Frankish laiþ "unpleasant, annoying, repulsive", equivalent to Old English ladh ("odious"), from Old High German leid ("unpleasant"), which is found in German as leid. Laid first had a purely moral meaning (which persists in dialects cf. Cauchois faire laid à "to annoy, to shame") before meaning ugly.

Definitions

Antonym

Feminine

laide

Plural

laids

See also

désenlaidir (v.) enlaidir (v.) enlaidissement (cn.) laideur (cn.) laid (adj.)