fouse

See also: Fouse

English

Alternative forms

• fowse, fouce, fouss, fousse

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.

Verb

fouse (third-person singular simple present fouses, present participle fousing, simple past and past participle foused)

1. (dialectal) To tumble, disarrange, rumple.
2. (dialectal) To soil, dirty.
3. (dialectal, of flowers) To fade.

Czech

Pronunciation

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

Noun

fouse

1. vocative singular of fous