feto

/ˈfeto/ · B2 · noun · m

a hideous person

feto — a hideous person

👶 feto sounds like FEE-toe: a baby's toes curled up before birth

Spanish feto comes from Latin fetus, meaning offspring or bearing young, and gives English fetus. The slang sense, a hideous person, is a figurative insult comparing someone to an unformed, unfinished-looking fetus.

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