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hellacious

adj
/hɛˈleɪʃəs/

Etymology

Unclear origins; perhaps from hell + -acious

  1. derived from *ḱel-✻ — “to cover, conceal, save”
  2. inherited from *haljō✻ — “concealed place, netherworld”
  3. inherited from *hallju✻
  4. inherited from hell
  5. inherited from helle
  6. suffixed as hellacious — “hell + -acious”

Definitions

  1. horrible, awful, hellish, agonizing, difficult.

    • Because he throws so many hellacious punches, he has the chance of knocking out any fighter on any given night.

  2. nasty, repellent.

  3. Remarkable, unbelievable, unusual.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA