heinous
Meaning
Adjective
- Totally reprehensible.
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Origin
- From Middle English hainous, from Old French haineus (compare French haineux) from haïr, hadir (compare Old French enhadir ("to become filled with hate")), from Frankish *hattjan ("to hate")
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