faw
See also: Faw
English
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Onomatopoetic.
Interjection
faw
- Alternative form of faugh
- 2013, John D. MacDonald, A Tan and Sandy Silence:
- “If you'd carry a camera around your neck and walk fifty feet ahead of me, nobody would know we were together.”
“Faw,” he said. “And tush.”
Synonyms
- (disgust): bleah, eww, ick, pooh, uck; see also Thesaurus:yuck
- (contempt): feh, pfaugh, pish, pshaw, pooh; see also Thesaurus:bah
Etymology 2
Phonetic rendering of for.
Preposition
faw
- Eye dialect spelling of for; chiefly used to represent the accent of slaves in the United States.
- 1907, George Washington Cable, Old Creole Days, Gutenberg eBook #10234,
- “ […] Now, Colossus, what air you a-beckonin′ at me faw?”
- 1907, George Washington Cable, Old Creole Days, Gutenberg eBook #10234,
Etymology 3
From the surname Faa.
Noun
faw (plural faws)
- A gypsy.
Anagrams
Scots
Etymology
From Middle English fawe, faȝe, from Old English fāg, fāh (“coloured; stained; dyed; tinged; shining; variegated”), from Proto-Germanic *faihaz (“coloured; motley”), from Proto-Indo-European *peyḱ- (“to paint; mark; colour”).
Adjective
faw (comparative mair faw, superlative maist faw)
- Of various colours; variegated
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