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Affreux
adj, noun
Definitions
Adjective
- 1 Dreadful; disturbing or frightening. rare
"And when I signified my intention of making a tour of the whole province, they most earnestly advised me to alter my plans, and occupy my time in visiting some other part of the kingdom; for they assured me, that all travellers who attempted Basse Bretagne, returned in disgust before they went more thant a few stages into the country, for that its general aspect was that of desolation itself; the roads were impassable ; and the people dirty, ragged barbarians, living in filthy huts, and clothed in sheepskins; that, in short, everything was affreux."
Noun
- 1 A group of particularly brutal mercenaries who were active in Africa and Asia during the 1960s. plural, plural-only
"As one Belgian journalist wrote: The affreux ["frightful ones"] are outstanding in combat."
Etymology
Etymology 1
From French affreux.
Etymology 2
From French affreux.
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