más feo que Picio

Spanish

Etymology

Literally, “uglier than Picio”. Picio was the surname of Francisco Picio, a shoemaker from Spain who was sentenced to death but the sentence was revoked shortly before his planned execution. After that, his body started to become horribly deformed.

Adjective

más feo que Picio (feminine más fea que Picio, masculine plural más feos que Picio, feminine plural más feas que Picio)

  1. (idiomatic, colloquial, simile) ugly as sin, butt ugly
    Synonyms: más feo que pegar a un padre, más feo que Carracuca
    • 1859, Antonio de Trueba, “La madrastra”, in Cuentos de color de rosa:
      pero la verdad es que, como no hay una que no tenga a su hijo por un serafín del cielo, aunque sea más feo que Picio revientan de orgullo y quieren que el mundo entero los contemple
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