Pronounced: fove, adj
Notes: This word is related to an area in which I do not have much expertise
Yesterday’s word
The word sooterkin means
- a sweetheart or mistress
- a kind of false birth or an afterbirth formerly believed to be gotten by Dutch women by warming themselves on stoves
- Something imperfect or unsuccessful
First usage
Our word came into English in the mid-1500s
Background / Comments
Our word comes from the Dutch word zoet (sweet). From the “false birth” of the second definition, the third definition arose with the idea of something does doesn’t quite work.
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