hispidus (“rough, bristly”), yet the semantic evolution is less plausible. <span class="searchmatch">hideus</span> m (oblique and nominative feminine singular hideuse) ugly; hideous c. 1170...
From Middle French hideux, from Old French <span class="searchmatch">hideus</span>, hydus, hisdos (“that which inspires terror”), from hide, hede, hisda (“horror, fear”), from Proto-West...
nominative feminine singular hidouse) (Anglo-Norman) alternative form of <span class="searchmatch">hideus</span> → Middle English: hidous English: hideous Middle Scots: hidous, hidows,...
From Middle English hidous, from Anglo-Norman hidous, from Old French <span class="searchmatch">hideus</span>, hydus (“that which inspires terror”), from earlier hisdos, from Old French...