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Definition of Footle
1. Verb. Be about. "Who is this man that is hanging around the department?"
Generic synonyms: Be
Specialized synonyms: Lurch, Prowl
Derivative terms: Lingerer, Loiterer, Lounger
2. Verb. Act foolishly, as by talking nonsense.
Definition of Footle
1. Verb. To waste time; to trifle. ¹
2. Verb. To talk nonsense. ¹
3. Noun. nonsense; foolishness. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Footle
1. to waste time [v -TLED, -TLING, -TLES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Footle
Literary usage of Footle
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Encyclopædia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and by Hugh Chisholm (1910)
"First segment of hind-body footle«, bearing the orifices of the genital organs (in
the male u nsy m metrically placed) ; last foot of the fore-body in the ..."
2. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1856)
"... 1 Why is cake and jelly pushed in at the window Î Why are four eyeless, footle»,
legless horses, rapidly circumscribed by breeching aiid bearing-reine? ..."
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