fouty

See also: Fouty

English

Etymology

Compare French foutu, past participle of foutre; Old French foutu (“scoundrel”). See fouter.

Adjective

fouty (comparative more fouty, superlative most fouty)

1. (obsolete) used as an intensifier despicable
   • 1770s, William Hamilton (translator), Blind Harry (original), The Life Surprising Adventures and Heroic Actions of Sir William Wallace

     fouty fellows

Related terms

• foutra

References

• “fouty”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.