yslik

== Afrikaans == === Etymology === From Dutch ijselijk, from Middle Dutch iselijc, from older eiselijc, from Old Dutch egislīk. Derived from a word meaning “fear”, but later associated with ys by folk etymology. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈəi̯s.lək/ === Adjective === yslik (attributive yslike, comparative ysliker, superlative yslikste) enormous, huge (dated) terrifying, horrific, fearsome 1932, Eugène Marais, "Sterfgevalle by Bobbejane", Burgers van die Berge, in Versamelde werke, 1981, page 161.