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foulish

adj

Etymology

From foul + -ish.

  1. derived from *puH-✻ — “foul, rotten”
  2. inherited from *fūlaz✻ — “foul, rotten”
  3. inherited from *fūl✻
  4. inherited from fūl — “foul, dirty, unclean, impure, vile, corrupt, rotten, stinking, guilty”
  5. inherited from ffoul
  6. suffixed as foulish — “foul + ish”

Definitions

  1. Somewhat foul.

    • His nose was suddenly assaulted by a foulish odor.

  2. Obsolete form of foolish.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for foulish. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA