reidig

German

Etymology

Uncertain. Perhaps from dialectal Reide (“a turning, bend, twist, change”) +‎ -ig, or from Middle High German reide, reit (“twisted, curled”), from Old High German reid (“curly, frizzy, fierce”), from Proto-West Germanic *wraiþ (“angry, hostile”) +‎ -ig.

Adjective

reidig (strong nominative masculine singular reidiger, comparative reidiger, superlative am reidigsten)

1. (Austria, informal) horrible, gross, disgusting, loath

   Synonyms: grausig, ekelhaft

   Sprich mal nicht mit vollem Mund, bitte. Du siehst recht reidig aus.

   Please don't talk with your mouth full. That looks really gross.