houspiller

== French == === Alternative forms === gouspiller (Norman) === Etymology === Inherited from Middle French houssepillier (“to mistreat by shaking or growling”) and Norman gouspiller (“to shake, thrash, ill-treat”), both from a root *housp-, *gousp- (“to scorn, scold, reproach”), from or akin to Old English hosp (“reproach, insult”), Old English ġehyspan (“to deride, scorn, mock, reproach”) (—Diez), or from Proto-West Germanic *husp, *husk, from Proto-Indo-European *kūd- (“to mock”). Related to Old English husċ (“mockery, scorn, insult, derision”), Old High German hosc (“invective, censure, mockery, travesty”), Norwegian dialectal huta (“to shout at, treat contemptuously”). Related to English forhush. === Pronunciation === (aspirated h) IPA(key): /us.pi.je/ === Verb === houspiller to chide or scold someone harshly, usually accompanied by pulling and shaking, berate to criticise to rebuke, reprehend to mistreat, torment, mob; to cause worry or distress ==== Conjugation ==== === Further reading === “houspiller”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012