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Added 10 October 2026

footle

/ˈfuːtəl/ verb

Latin root: futuere Wiktionary

verb Definition from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about footle at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

Be about.
The high school students like to loiter in the Central Square
Act foolishly, as by talking nonsense.

Origin

Probably variant of footer (“to screw around”), from obsolete fouter (“an act of sexual intercourse”), from French foutre (“to have sexual intercourse”), from Latin futuere.

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