fou

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adjective

Drunk.

Similar
Adrian Quistadripaled upall mops and broomsarseholeda sheet in the winda sheet in the wind's eyebedrunken
OriginScots fou →
UncommonScrabble 6
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Meanings

adjectivefou (comparative more fou, superlative most fou)

comparative more fou · superlative most fou

  1. ScotlandDrunk.

    Shand's father had missed the whole thing — getting fou in the pub, more than likely—but his mum had been there, in her best green twinset, her court shoes polished to a shine as high as Shand's.

    2022, Liam McIlvanney, The Heretic, page 110

    Synonyms: Adrian Quist, adrip, aled up, all mops and brooms, arseholed, a sheet in the wind, a sheet in the wind's eye, bedrunken

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveDrunk.

Similar
Adrian Quistadripaled upall mops and broomsarseholeda sheet in the winda sheet in the wind's eyebedrunkenbefuddledbeliquoredbesottedbesottenbevviedbibaciousbibulousbinnedbingoedbladderedblastedblewed
Also see
drunk

Origin

  1. Scotsfou
  2. Englishfou

Borrowed from Scots fou. Compare full, a doublet.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

ufo
Cite this entry
APA

fou. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fou

MLA

“fou.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fou. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “fou,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fou.

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