fouter
English
Etymology
From French foutre (“to lecher”), Latin futuere. Compare fouty.
Pronunciation
Noun
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
References
- “fouter”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
Dutch
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /fɑu̯tər/
Audio: (file) - Hyphenation: fou.ter
- Rhymes: -ɑu̯tər
Adjective
fouter
- comparative degree of fout
Declension
| Declension 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 | |||