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verb (used without object)
1.
to act or talk in a foolish or silly way.
noun
2.
nonsense; foolishness; silliness.
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Footle
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Word Origin & History
footle
"to trifle," 1892, from dial. footer "to trifle," footy "mean, paltry" (1752), probably from Fr. se foutre "to care nothing," from O.Fr. foutre "to fuck," from L. futuere, originally "to strike, thrust" (cf. confute). But O.E.D. derives the Eng. dial. words from foughty (1600), from Du. vochtig or Dan.
EXPANDfugtig "damp, musty;" related to fog.
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