fou
adjective
fou is an adjective meaning “Drunk” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled F-O-U, and it appears about once in every 3 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data).
What does fou mean?
adjective
- 1
ScotlandDrunk.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of fou
- more fou comparative
- most fou superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is fou?
Fou appears about once in every 3 million words in written English, the 48,230th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Where does fou come from?
Borrowed from Scots fou. Compare full, a doublet.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).