fouter

English

Etymology

From French foutre (to lecher), Latin futuere. Compare fouty.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈfuː.tə(ɹ)/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈfu.tɚ/, [ˈfu.ɾɚ]
  • Rhymes: -uːtə(ɹ)

Noun

fouter (plural fouters)

  1. (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

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Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fɑu̯tər/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: fou.ter
  • Rhymes: -ɑu̯tər

Adjective

fouter

  1. 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