fonne
BourguignonEdit
EtymologyEdit
NounEdit
fonne
- (Morvan) woman
ReferencesEdit
- Eugène de Chambure, Glossaire du Morvan (1878)
Middle EnglishEdit
Etymology 1Edit
Unknown, perhaps of North Germanic origin; see modern fun[1]. Potentially related to fonnen (“to be insane”).
Alternative formsEdit
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
fonne (plural fonnes)
- A fool, idiot or moron.
- Chaucer, The Cantebury Tales, The Reeve's Prologue and Tale
- men will us fonnes call
- men will call us fools
- men will us fonnes call
- Chaucer, The Cantebury Tales, The Reeve's Prologue and Tale
- Someone who is easily tricked or misled.
DescendantsEdit
- English: fon (obsolete)
ReferencesEdit
- “fǒnned, fonned, ppl. & adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
- fonne in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
AdjectiveEdit
fonne
DescendantsEdit
ReferencesEdit
- “fǒnne, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Etymology 2Edit
VerbEdit
fonne
- Alternative form of fonnen