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by Grandma Roses - my avatar is my real dog on December 8th, 2008
It's an archaic word derived from the French verb 'huer' which means 'shout'; it is not the same origin as 'hue', meaning a colour or tint, which comes from the Germanic 'hew', meaning 'form, beauty.'
With help from the Concise Oxford Dictionary, Ninth Edition.
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Interesting, thanks.
by Amorphous Blob on December 8th, 2008