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fouse

/fˈaʊs/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.11 in modern English

Syllables
fouse
IPA
/fˈaʊs/
8
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
1
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To tumble, disarrange, rumple.

verb

To soil, dirty.

verb

To fade.

name

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.

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: fousen, fȳsan, *funsijan

Inflected Forms

fouses (present, singular) fousing (participle, present) foused (participle, past) foused (past) fowse (alternative) fouce (alternative) fouss (alternative) fousse (alternative) Fouses (plural)

Rhymes With

house in-house mouse spouse klaus strauss blouse grouse rouse gauss haus kraus

Questions

How do you pronounce fouse?
The recorded pronunciation is /fˈaʊs/.
What does fouse mean?
To tumble, disarrange, rumple.
Where does fouse come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

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