Meanings
adverbfoothot (comparative more foothot, superlative most foothot)
comparative more foothot · superlative most foothot
- obsoleteWithout stopping or slowing down; immediately, at once.
Thenne there came two knyȝtes of Northgales / that one hyghte Hewe de la montayne / and the other syr Madok de la montayne / & they chalengyd sire launcelot foote hote / Syr Launcelot not refusyng hem but made hym redy
1485, Sir Thomas Malory, “xxviij”, in Le Morte Darthur, book IX
Origin
- Middle Englishfot hot
- Englishfoothot
From Middle English fot hot; equivalent to foot + hot.
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