fouse

From Middle English fous, fus (“ready, eager, striving forward, inclined to, willing, prompt; ardent, zealous, passionate, expectant, brave, noble: ready to depart, die”), from Old English fūs (“ready, eager, striving forward, inclined to, willing, prompt; expectant, brave, noble: ready to depart, die; dying”), from Proto-Germanic *funsaz (“ready, eager”).

fouse (comparative fouser or more fouse, superlative fousest or most fouse)

1. (obsolete) ready, eager, prompt, quick, striving forward, inclined to, willing
2. (obsolete) ardent, zealous, passionate, expectant, brave, noble: ready to depart, die; dying

• Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia.

• Sofue

• IPA^(key): [ˈfou̯sɛ]
• Hyphenation: fou‧se

fouse

1. vocative singular of fous