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funges

funges is the plural of funge.

Meaning of funge

Noun

funge (plural funges)

  1. (obsolete) A fungus.
  2. (obsolete) A fool or simpleton.
    • Be not ashamed of thy birth then, thou art a gentleman all the world over, and shalt be honoured, whenas he, strip him of his fine clothes, dispossess him of his wealth, is a funge […]1624, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], The Anatomy of Melancholy: […], 2nd edition, Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] John Lichfield and James Short, for Henry Cripps, →OCLC, partition II...

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Questions about funges

What is funges the plural of?
Funges is the plural of funge.

Words near funges in the dictionary

  1. fungemia
  2. fungemias
  3. fungemic
  4. fungenda
  5. fungendas
  6. funges
  7. fungi
  8. fungi imperfecti
  9. fungi-
  10. fungia
  11. fungiacyathid

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