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fouth

fouth noun: abundance; plenty. Also the alternative spelling of fourth.

Noun

fouth (uncountable)

  1. (Northern England, Scotland, UK, dialectal) Abundance; plenty.

Adjective

fouth (comparative more fouth, superlative most fouth)

  1. (Northern England, Scotland, UK, dialectal) Abundant; copious; plenteous.

Also used as

fouth is also the alternative spelling of fourth.

Forms of fouth

comparativemore fouth
superlativemost fouth
alternative formfowth
alternative formfoulth

Origin of fouth

Variant of fulth, from Middle English fulthe; equivalent to full + -th (abstract nominal suffix).

Words formed from fouth

Questions about fouth

What does fouth mean?
Fouth means abundance; plenty.
What part of speech is fouth?
Fouth can be a noun or an adjective.

Words near fouth in the dictionary

  1. Foutches
  2. fouter
  3. foutered
  4. foutering
  5. fouters
  6. fouth
  7. fouthy
  8. foutra
  9. foutre
  10. foutred
  11. foutres

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