fou

[ foo ]

/ fu /

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adjective Scot.

drunk.

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Origin of fou

1525–35; Scots form of full¹

Words nearby fou

Foster's rule, Foster, Stephen, Fostoria, F.O.T., Fotheringhay, fou, Foucault, Foucault current, Foucault pendulum, Foucquet, foudre

Other definitions for fou (2 of 2)

fou²

[ foo ]

/ fu /

adjective French.

crazy; foolish.

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How to use fou in a sentence

My three favorite episodes are probably “College,” “Pine Barrens,” and “Amour Fou.”
David Chase on Tony Soprano’s Fate, the State of TV, and Why He Couldn’t Finish ‘True Detective’|Marlow Stern|September 4, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The place where all this “fou and unco happy” work was transacted is now the school chapel of the Wesleyans.
Our Churches and Chapels|Atticus
The truth may as well be said, at once; he fou't like a man of red gifts, and I fou't like a man with gifts of my own colour.
The Deerslayer|James Fenimore Cooper
We fou't a fair battle, and he fell; in this there is nothin' but what a brave expects, and should be ready to meet.
The Deerslayer|James Fenimore Cooper

Auntie wrote that the school-boys in Cuba take a mouthful of pinol, and then try to say fou-fou without blowing out any meal.
Harper's Young People, April 19, 1881|Various
In the time of the preceding dynasty there had been much talk of the a-fou-yong.
Origin of Cultivated Plants|Alphonse De Candolle

British Dictionary definitions for fou

fou

/ (fuː) /

adjective Scot

full

drunk

Word Origin for fou

perhaps a Scot variant of full

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