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First published 1983 (DOST Vol. V).
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Odious, adj. (adv.). Also: odiouse, -iows(e, -yous(e, -ius, -yus, -ieous, -eous, -ios, -wus; oldeous; hodius, -ious, -yus. [ME. odiouse, odyows (Wyclif), e.m.E. odious, odyous, AF. odious, OF. odieus (14th c.), F. odieux, L. od iōs-us.]
1. Arousing hatred or repugnance, hateful, intensely disagreeable, offensive, repugnant; (of a crime) heinous.(1) a1500 Henr. Orph. 306 (Ch. & M.).
In quhilk thare was a stynk rycht odiouse 1501 Doug. Pal. Hon. 348. a1500 Colk. Sow Proh. 58.
Without odius crewale comparisoun c1500-c1512 Dunb. lx. 49.
His odius ignorance c1500-50 Brevis Cronica 329.
Ane terribill and odious tyrrane 1533 Bell. Livy I. 101/9.
Scho sparit nocht … to speik maist odius [v.r. hodyus] wordis of hir sister to hir awne husband Ib. 127/16.
His odius deforsment made on Lucres Ib. 198/2.
Throw quhilk rais haistelie ane odious [v.r. a hodius] seditioun betuix thir two pepil1543 Corr. M. Lorraine 39.
In maist vill and hodious vice1559 St. A. Kirk S. 15.
The maist odiowse and execrabill Antichriste of Romme 1572-5 Diurn. Occurr. 233.
For syndrie odious crymes a1597-1617 Hist. Jas. VI 45.
Till he payit an odious ransome 1598 Misc. Hist. Soc. I. 59.
Odyouse 1612 Crim. Trials III. 242.
The detestable and odious cryme of periurie(2) 1456 Hay I. 282/11.
Alwayis comparisoun is odious a1500 Henr. Test. Cress. 133.
Sen I fra Diomeid … Am clene excludit, as abiect odious [T. odyous] c1500-c1512 Dunb. xlix. 7.
He evir odious as ane owle 1559 Knox II. 29.
Some that … laubor to mak me odius in ȝour eyes 1566 Cal. Sc. P. II. 318.
This latte accident so odwus and detestable 1567 Sel. MSS. Q. Mary 174.
Nor will I mak the rehers thairof quhilk is our odiows 1628 Fraserburgh Kirk S. II. 30 Apr.
The quhilk hir doing … was thoicht be the sessione wery odious a1634 Forbes Rec. 471.
That is declaired to be odious quhilk is induced against the common law(3) a1500 Quare Jel. (S.T.S.) 407.
So odiouse he holdith suche debate 1535 Stewart 17390.
The thing … To hait, detaist and hald richt odeous Amang friendis … Is … stryffe 1530 Lynd. Test. Pap. 581.
Frome tyme Dame Curia held hym odious c1552 Id. Mon. 4871. a1568 Bann. MS. 288 a/57.(4) 1561 Q. Kennedy in Knox VI. 157.
Because it is thocht odius that [etc.] 1568 Reg. Morton I. 33.
Quhilk is ane odius thing … to heir sic wnfrindfull handilling a1578 Pitsc. II. 39/16.
Ane terrabill sound … quhilk was … odieous to heir(5) 1513 Doug. i. i. 47.
Troiane blude till hir was odyus 1531 Bell. Boece (M) I. 184.
Quhais corruppit maneris was na les odius to the pepill than his faderis dedis wer lovit Ib. 195.
Ane thing richt vncouth and odius to all Scottis 1533 Boece iii. vii. 100. Ib. iv. ii. 127 b. a1538 Abell 71 b.
Na man knawis quhethir he is acceptable or odios to God c1568 Lauder Minor P. iii. 3.
But to the weked tha [sc. verses] ar rycht odius 1563-1570 Buch. Wr. 34.
Thair is ane kynd of thair thevis evin odious to mair gentill thevis a1578 Pitsc. I. 35/26.
Odieous c1590 Fowler II. 30/21. 1683 Cochran-Patrick Coinage II. 207.(6) a1538 Abell 98 b.
For his priuat consall with Hew Spenseir he wes odios with his wife & his sone
2. Full of hate or enmity, hostile.c1400 Troy-bk. ii. 1460(C).
Ageynes Anthenor Eneas Full odyous in hys hert he was 1452 Douglas Chart. 78.
Persouns … that ar enmyis or odious to the said lord a1500 Henr. Fab. 1191 (Bann.).
And thow, schir wolf, hes ay bene odius To me 1535 Stewart 14777.
Bayth Scot and Pecht, thai pepill barbarous, Alway to me thai ar so oldeous
3. adv. With strong aversion or hatred, rancorously.a1500 Seven S. 1188.
He hatit women sa odious That he wald neuer ly with nane
