Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- To bungle.
- noun A bungler; a “handless” or shiftless person.
- noun A gross term of contempt: used interjectionally.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Prov. Eng. A despicable fellow.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun UK, dialect A
despicable fellow .
Etymologies
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French foutre to lecher, Latin futuere. Compare fouty.
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Examples
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He, he leaves her alone to romp idly, cares not a fouter.
Poems and Fragments 2006
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He, he leaves her alone to romp idly, cares not a fouter.
Poems and Fragments 2006
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He, he leaves her alone to romp idly, cares not a fouter.
The Poems and Fragments of Catullus Gaius Valerius Catullus
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_ Fouter (Fr. foutre; Lat. futuere), _verbum obscaenum_.cf. the noun in phrase 'to care not a fouter' (footra, footre, foutre), _2 Henry IV_, V, iii.
The Works of Aphra Behn Volume IV. Aphra Behn 1664
bilby commented on the word fouter
To dither, mess around.
"Will ye stop fouterin aboot!"
November 29, 2007
qms commented on the word fouter
In morals he’s perfectly neuter,
Self interest uniquely his tutor.
Should sanctity buy us
He’s publicly pious,
In private an unabashed fouter.
April 5, 2018