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laid

/lɛ/

adjective/lɛ/

physically ugly; morally corrupt

“laid comme les sept péchés capitaux” — ugly as the Seven Deadly Sins

Synonyms: moche, vilain

Antonyms: beau

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”).