fouse

See also: Fouse

English

Etymology

From Middle English fous, fus (“ready, eager, striving forward, inclined to, willing, prompt; ardent, zealous, passionate, expectant, brave, noble: ready to depart, die”), from Old English fūs (“ready, eager, striving forward, inclined to, willing, prompt; expectant, brave, noble: ready to depart, die; dying”), from Proto-Germanic *funsaz (“ready, eager”).

Adjective

fouse (comparative fouser or more fouse, superlative fousest or most fouse)

  1. (obsolete) ready, eager, prompt, quick, striving forward, inclined to, willing
  2. (obsolete) ardent, zealous, passionate, expectant, brave, noble: ready to depart, die; dying

References
  • Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia.

Anagrams

Czech

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈfou̯sɛ]
  • Hyphenation: fou‧se

Noun

fouse

  1. vocative singular of fous
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