fouse
English
adj
Definitions
- (obsolete) ready, eager, prompt, quick, striving forward, inclined to, willing
- (obsolete) ardent, zealous, passionate, expectant, brave, noble: ready to depart, die; dying
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English fous inherited from Old English fūs (noble ready to depart, eager, ready, dying, brave, die, expectant, willing, prompt, striving forward, inclined to) inherited from Proto-Germanic *funsaz (ready, eager, willing).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*funsaz
Gloss
ready, eager, willing
Concept
Semantic Field
Time
Ontological Category
Property