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fouty

fouty adjective: used as an intensifier despicable.

Adjective

fouty (comparative more fouty, superlative most fouty)

  1. (derogatory, obsolete) used as an intensifier despicable
    • fouty fellows1770s, William Hamilton (translator), Blind Harry (original), The Life Surprising Adventures and Heroic Actions of Sir William Wallace

Proper noun capitalized: Fouty

Fouty (plural Foutys)

  1. A surname.

Forms of fouty

Adjective
comparativemore fouty
superlativemost fouty
Proper noun
pluralFoutys

Origin of fouty

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

Questions about fouty

What does fouty mean?
Fouty means used as an intensifier despicable.
What part of speech is fouty?
Fouty can be an adjective or a proper noun.

Words near fouty in the dictionary

  1. foutra
  2. foutre
  3. foutred
  4. foutres
  5. foutring
  6. fouty
  7. Foutys
  8. Foutz
  9. Foutzes
  10. Fouzia
  11. FOV

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