fúx
See also: Fux
Icelandic edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Danish fuks (“poor/underachieving student”), from German Fuchs, Fux (“new student, fresher”), older also Feix, Feits, probably from archaic Feist (“fart”), from Middle High German vīst; see feist.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
fúx m (genitive singular fúx, nominative plural fúxar)
- underachiever
- 1958, Árdís[1], number 26, page 25:
- Dúxinn hefur öllu að tapa en fúxinn allt að vinna.
- The overachiever has everything to lose but the underachiever everything to gain.
Declension edit
declension of fúx
Synonyms edit
Antonyms edit
- dúx m