Fouse

name, verb

name, verb ·1 syllable ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To tumble, disarrange, rumple. dialectal
  2. 2
    To soil, dirty. dialectal
  3. 3
    To fade. dialectal
Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname.

Etymology

From Middle English fousen, fusen, from Old English fȳsan (“to hasten”), from Proto-West Germanic *funsijan (“to make ready”). Doublet of feeze, fease, and faze.

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