fouse

F4O1U1S1E1

verb

To tumble, disarrange, rumple.

OriginMiddle English fousen ← Old English fȳsan ← Proto-West Germanic *funsijan →
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Meanings

fouse1

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

present singular third person fouses · participle present fousing · participle past foused · past foused · alternative fowse · alternative fouce · alternative fouss · alternative fousse

  1. dialectalTo tumble, disarrange, rumple.
  2. dialectalTo soil, dirty.
  3. dialectalTo fade.

Fouse2

proper nounFouse (plural Fouses)

plural Fouses

  1. A surname.

Origin

  1. Proto-West Germanic*funsijan“to make ready”
  2. Old Englishfȳsan“to hasten”
  3. Middle Englishfousen
  4. Englishfouse

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.

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APA

fouse. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fouse

MLA

“fouse.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fouse. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “fouse,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fouse.

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