laido

See also: laído

Galician

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French lait, leit (“unpleasant, horrible, odious”), of Germanic origin, from Proto-Germanic *laiþaz (“sorrowful, unpleasant”), from Proto-Indo-European *leyt- (“unpleasant”). More at English loath.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlajðo̝/

Adjective

laido (feminine laida, masculine plural laidos, feminine plural laidas)

1. very ugly
   • 1370, Ramón Lorenzo, editor, Crónica troiana, A Coruña: Fundación Barrié, page 398:

     Mays era tã laydo et tã desaposto que esto sería hũa grã marauilla de cõtar, ca el nõ andaua uestido, mays todo era cabeludo cõmo besta

     But he was so ugly and unhandsome that this would be a marvellous story, because he didn't wear clothes, but he was totally furred as a beast

Derived terms

• eslaidar

References

• “laido” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
• “layd” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
• “laido” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “laido” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “laido” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Italian

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.

Adjective

laido (feminine laida, masculine plural laidi, feminine plural laide)

1. filthy, foul
2. obscene

Derived terms

• laidamente

Anagrams

• Alido, aldio, alido, lodai

Spanish

Etymology

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”). Akin to Old High German leid (“unpleasant, odious”) (German leid (“unfortunate”), Leid (“grief”)), Old Norse leiþr (“odious”), Old English lāþ (“unpleasant, odious”). More at loath.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlaido/ [ˈlai̯.ð̞o]
• Rhymes: -aido
• Syllabification: lai‧do

Adjective

laido (feminine laida, masculine plural laidos, feminine plural laidas)

1. (archaic) ugly
2. (archaic) ignominious
3. (archaic) sad, downcast

Further reading

• “laido”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014