fou
1 Americanadjective
adjective
adjective
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full
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drunk
Etymology
Origin of fou
1525–35; Scots form of full 1
Example Sentences
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The overly-ambitious-American-transformed trope, for another, accomplished via crepes, macarons and amour fou.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 19, 2025
If you’re unfamiliar with fou fou, it is, as McQueen puts it, “essentially the starchy vessel” with which to eat many traditional West African stews and sauces.
From Salon ● Feb. 9, 2024
Suddenly, she let out a cry of joy as a large gull-like seabird - known in Bertin's Creole language as a "fou" - swooped over the deck.
From BBC ● Feb. 11, 2022
He’s the movies’ reigning poet of l’amour fou, and here he shows us the bitter reality — more tragic than comic — of what happens when that love is lost.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 6, 2021
Daphne was suddenly taken with a fou rire and began to laugh helplessly.
From The Limit by Ada Leverson
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