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Where does “Hollywood ugly” come from?

Hollywood ugly (English) comes from English Hollywood, from English Wood, from English Frog, from Portuguese froco, from Latin floccus, from Frankish flokko, from Proto-Germanic *flukkô, from Proto-Indo-European plewk- — to fly, flow, run.

Hollywood ugly (English): Very beautiful, but deemed ugly by other...

Definitions

  1. Very beautiful, but deemed ugly by other...

Ancestry of “Hollywood ugly”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishHollywoodResembling or relating to the Hollywood movie...
2EnglishWood—
3EnglishFrogAlternative form of frog
4Portuguesefrocoflock
5Latinfloccustuft, wisp of wool
6Frankishflokkodown, wool, flock
7Proto-Germanic*flukkô—
8Proto-Indo-Europeanplewk-to fly, flow, run; to splash, to flap with hands
9Proto-Indo-Europeanplew-to fly, flow, run
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