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

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “laido”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “layd”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “laido”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “laido”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “laido”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

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 [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10