fouter
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From French foutre (“to lecher”), Latin futuere. Compare fouty.
Noun[edit]
fouter (plural fouters)
- (UK, dialectal) A despicable fellow.
- 1780-1808, John Mayne, The Siller Gun:
- The astonish'd tailor
[…] swearing he was better stuff
Than sick a fouter.
Derived terms[edit]
References[edit]
- “fouter”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
Dutch[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
fouter
Inflection[edit]
| Inflection of fouter | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| uninflected | fouter | |||
| inflected | foutere | |||
| comparative | — | |||
| positive | ||||
| predicative/adverbial | fouter | |||
| indefinite | m./f. sing. | foutere | ||
| n. sing. | fouter | |||
| plural | foutere | |||
| definite | foutere | |||
| partitive | fouters | |||
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