Etymology

hubrid

hu·brid
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Today it means: Synonym of hubristic (“overly arrogant or proud, or presumptuous, especially in a disdainful or rude manner”). Full definition →

Ancient Greek ὕβρις
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The story

  1. Ancient Greek · learned borrowing fromὕβρις“insolence, sexual outrage”
  2. English todayhubrid

From hubris + -id (suffix forming adjectives). Hubris is a learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ὕβρις (húbris, “insolence, sexual outrage”).

Words from the same roots

Ancient Greekὕβρις all →

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