footy

[ foo-tee ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

, Northern British Dialect.

, foo·ti·er, foo·ti·est.

footy

/ ˈfʊtɪ /

Origin of footy¹

1740–50; variant of foughty musty; compare Old English fūht moist, damp (cognate with German feucht ); -y ¹

You should jest 'ear wot I 'ear, old pal.Let big pots make the round o' the pubs, and they won't talk that footy fal-lal.

How the devil can I keep those footy little lights going for a month without no wicks?

Even more remarkable is the way in which the piano-footy has simplified musical composition.

Angel wings and a white kimono, worn bare-footy, would go some rotten with my Spanish style of beauty, what?

Think of all that trouble for four footy chickens not worth more'n four bits in Injianny.

April 19, 2024tortuous

[tawr-choo-uhs ]

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