footlen.adj.

Brit.

/ˈfuːtl/, U.S.

/ˈfudəl/

Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: footle v.

Etymology: < footle v.

colloquial. rare.

A. n.

Nonsense, ‘twaddle’.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > absence of meaning > nonsense, rubbish > [noun]

magged talea1387

moonshine1468

trumperyc1485

foolishness1531

trash1542

baggage1545

flim-flam1570

gear1570

rubbisha1576

fiddle-faddle1577

stuff1579

fible-fable1581

balductum1593

pill1608

nonsense1612

skimble-skamble1619

porridge1642

mataeology1656

fiddle-come-faddle1663

apple sauce1672

balderdash1674

flummery1749

slang1762

all my eye1763

diddle-daddle1778

(all) my eye (and) Betty Martin1781

twaddle1782

blancmange1790

fudge1791

twiddle-twaddle1798

bothering1803

fee-faw-fum1811

slip-slop1811

nash-gab1816

flitter-tripe1822

effutiation1823

bladderdash1826

ráiméis1828

fiddlededee1843

pickles1846

rot1846

kelter1847

bosh1850

flummadiddle1850

poppycock1852

Barnum1856

fribble-frabble1859

kibosh1860

skittle1864

cod1866

Collyweston1867

punk1869

slush1869

stupidness1873

bilge-water1878

flapdoodle1878

tommyrot1880

ruck1882

piffle1884

flamdoodle1888

razzmatazz1888

balls1889

pop1890

narrischkeit1892

tosh1892

footle1894

tripe1895

crap1898

bunk1900

junk1906

quatsch1907

bilge1908

B.S.1912

bellywash1913

jazz1913

wash1913

bullshit?1915

kid-stakes1916

hokum1917

bollock1919

bullsh1919

bushwa1920

noise1920

bish-bosh1922

malarkey1923

posh1923

hooey1924

shit1924

heifer dust1927

madam1927

baloney1928

horse feathers1928

phonus-bolonus1929

rhubarb1929

spinach1929

toffeea1930

tomtit1930

hockey1931

phoney baloney1933

moody1934

cockalorum1936

cock1937

mess1937

waffle1937

berley1941

bull dust1943

crud1943

globaloney1943

hubba-hubba1944

pish1944

phooey1946

asswipe1947

chickenshit1947

slag1948

batshit1950

goop1950

slop1952

cack1954

doo-doo1954

cobbler1955

horse shit1955

nyamps1955

pony1956

horse manure1957

waffling1958

bird shit1959

codswallop1959

how's your father1959

dog shit1963

cods1965

shmegegge1968

pucky1970

taradiddle1970

mouthwash1971

wank1974

gobshite1977

mince1985

toss1990

arse1993

1894 ‘F. Anstey’ in Punch 8 Sept. 113 I'm no good at poetry..It does seem to me such—well, such footle.

1919 ‘K. Mansfield’ Let. 28 Oct. (1993) III. 53 Sentences like: it is of course impossible to estimate the number of people etc—are footle. Of course it is.

2007 Chicago Rev. 53 No. 1. 177 Is this poetry footle?

†B. adj.

Trivial, foolish. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > importance > unimportance > [adjective] > of little importance or trivial

eathlyc890

lighteOE

littleOE

small?c1225

singlec1449

easy1474

triflous1509

naughty1526

slender1530

slight1548

shrimpish1549

slipper1567

truanta1572

toyous1581

trivious1583

mean1585

silly1587

nicea1594

puny?1594

puisne1598

pusill1599

whindling1601

sapless1602

non-significant1603

poor1603

unsignificant1603

flea-bite1605

perishing1605

lank1607

weightless1610

fonda1616

penny farthing1615

triviala1616

unweighty1621

transitory1637

twattling1651

inconsiderate1655

unserious1655

nugal1656

small drink1656

slighty1662

minute1668

paddling1679

snitling1682

retail1697

Lilliputian1726

vain1731

rattletrap1760

peppercornish1762

peppercorn1791

underling1804

venial1806

lightweight1809

floccinaucical1826

small-bore1833

minified1837

trantlum1838

piffling1848

tea-tabular1855

potty1860

whipping-snapping1861

tea-gardeny1862

quiddling1863

twaddling1863

fidgeting1865

penny ante1865

feather-weighted1870

jerkwater1877

midget1879

mimsy1880

shirttail1881

two-by-four1885

footle1894

skittery1905

footery1929

Mickey Mouse1931

chickenshit1934

minoritized1945

marginal1952

marginalized1961

tea-party1961

little league1962

marginalizing1977

minnowy1991

the mind > attention and judgement > importance > unimportance > [adjective] > worthless

naughteOE

unworthc960

nought worthOE

unworthya1240

vaina1300

lewd1362

base?1510

to be nothing toc1520

stark naught1528

nothing worth1535

worthilessa1542

draffish1543

baggage1548

dunghill?1555

valureless1563

toyish1572

worthless1573

out (forth) of door (also doors)1574

leaden1577

riff-raff1577

drafty1582

fecklessc1586

dudgeon?1589

nought-worth1589

tenpenny1592

wanwordy?a1595

shotten herring1598

nugatory1603

unvalued1604

priceless1614

unvaluable1615

valuelessa1616

waste1616

trashya1620

draffy1624

stramineous1624

invaluable1640

roly-poly?1645

nugatorious1646

perquisquilian1647

niffling1649

lazy1671

wanworth1724

little wortha1754

flimsy1756

waff1788

null1790

nothingy1801

nothingly1802

twopenny-halfpenny1809

not worth a flaw1810

garbage1817

peanut1836

duffing1839

trash1843

no-account1845

no-count1851

punky1859

rummagy1872

junky1880

skilligalee1883

footle1894

punk1896

wherry-go-nimble1901

junk1908

rinky-dink1913

schlock1916

tripe1927

duff1938

chickenshit1940

sheg-up1941

expendable1942

(strictly) for the birds1943

tripey1955

schlocky1960

naff1964

dipshit1968

cack1978

1894 G. Du Maurier Trilby I. 163 His palette in one hand, and his twiddling little footle pig's-hair brush in the other.

1909 ‘F. Danby’ Incompleat Etonian 59 I don't care much now, it was rather footle any way, though the mater thought a lot of it.

1920 C. Wells Onxy Lobby 7 I think it's the most footle business I ever heard of!

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

footlev.

Brit.

/ˈfuːtl/, U.S.

/ˈfudəl/

Origin: Of uncertain origin. Perhaps a variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: footer v.²

Etymology: Origin uncertain. Perhaps an alteration of footer v.², with remodelling of the ending after verbs in -le suffix (compare e.g. diddle v.¹ (beside didder v.), tottle v.¹ (beside totter v.), etc.). Compare slightly earlier footling adj.²It has alternatively been suggested that this word is a borrowing of French †foutiller, (1718 or earlier), †fouteiller to fuck, to fornicate (1735 or earlier), but this would appear inconsistent with the register of the English examples below.

colloquial.

intransitive. To act or talk foolishly; to occupy oneself in an aimless or trivial way. Also with about, around.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > foolishness, folly > be or become foolish [verb (intransitive)] > act foolishly

dotec1225

foleyec1374

fop1528

fond1530

daff1535

pract1568

dolt1573

daw1596

fool1597

guck1603

baboonize1611

prat1685

to play the fool1722

niff-naff1728

fopple1756

doitera1790

daffle1796

tomfool1825

to play (also act) the (giddy) goat1841

lallygag1862

silly1877

monkey1878

footle1891

to ass around1899

to play silly buggers (also beggars, bleeders, etc.)1903

to arse around1919

to jackass around1927

nimble-pimble1927

to fuck about1929

to fool up1933

to crap around1936

pantomime1958

prat1961

dork1990

1891 Punch 3 Jan. 3/1 Now, really, Settee, do try not to footle like this!

1900 Captain 3 312/1 Permission to footle in the lab. on half-holidays.

1920 B. Travers Dippers 256 This time they are not to footle about like that but to give us a proper ball-room stunt.

1947 D. Thomas Let. 5 June (1987) 638 We have just hired a wireless, & he footles with this, getting the BBC Overseas Service mostly.

1994 Times 17 Jan. 12/6 Why do Cabinet ministers footle around trying to redefine their own slogans?

2000 A. L. Kennedy Everything you Need 317 Nathan footled with the papers in his pocket.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	footle
释义	footlen.adj. Brit. /ˈfuːtl/, U.S. /ˈfudəl/ Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: footle v. Etymology: < footle v. colloquial. rare. A. n. Nonsense, ‘twaddle’. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > absence of meaning > nonsense, rubbish > [noun] magged talea1387 moonshine1468 trumperyc1485 foolishness1531 trash1542 baggage1545 flim-flam1570 gear1570 rubbisha1576 fiddle-faddle1577 stuff1579 fible-fable1581 balductum1593 pill1608 nonsense1612 skimble-skamble1619 porridge1642 mataeology1656 fiddle-come-faddle1663 apple sauce1672 balderdash1674 flummery1749 slang1762 all my eye1763 diddle-daddle1778 (all) my eye (and) Betty Martin1781 twaddle1782 blancmange1790 fudge1791 twiddle-twaddle1798 bothering1803 fee-faw-fum1811 slip-slop1811 nash-gab1816 flitter-tripe1822 effutiation1823 bladderdash1826 ráiméis1828 fiddlededee1843 pickles1846 rot1846 kelter1847 bosh1850 flummadiddle1850 poppycock1852 Barnum1856 fribble-frabble1859 kibosh1860 skittle1864 cod1866 Collyweston1867 punk1869 slush1869 stupidness1873 bilge-water1878 flapdoodle1878 tommyrot1880 ruck1882 piffle1884 flamdoodle1888 razzmatazz1888 balls1889 pop1890 narrischkeit1892 tosh1892 footle1894 tripe1895 crap1898 bunk1900 junk1906 quatsch1907 bilge1908 B.S.1912 bellywash1913 jazz1913 wash1913 bullshit?1915 kid-stakes1916 hokum1917 bollock1919 bullsh1919 bushwa1920 noise1920 bish-bosh1922 malarkey1923 posh1923 hooey1924 shit1924 heifer dust1927 madam1927 baloney1928 horse feathers1928 phonus-bolonus1929 rhubarb1929 spinach1929 toffeea1930 tomtit1930 hockey1931 phoney baloney1933 moody1934 cockalorum1936 cock1937 mess1937 waffle1937 berley1941 bull dust1943 crud1943 globaloney1943 hubba-hubba1944 pish1944 phooey1946 asswipe1947 chickenshit1947 slag1948 batshit1950 goop1950 slop1952 cack1954 doo-doo1954 cobbler1955 horse shit1955 nyamps1955 pony1956 horse manure1957 waffling1958 bird shit1959 codswallop1959 how's your father1959 dog shit1963 cods1965 shmegegge1968 pucky1970 taradiddle1970 mouthwash1971 wank1974 gobshite1977 mince1985 toss1990 arse1993 1894 ‘F. Anstey’ in Punch 8 Sept. 113 I'm no good at poetry..It does seem to me such—well, such footle. 1919 ‘K. Mansfield’ Let. 28 Oct. (1993) III. 53 Sentences like: it is of course impossible to estimate the number of people etc—are footle. Of course it is. 2007 Chicago Rev. 53 No. 1. 177 Is this poetry footle? †B. adj. Trivial, foolish. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > importance > unimportance > [adjective] > of little importance or trivial eathlyc890 lighteOE littleOE small?c1225 singlec1449 easy1474 triflous1509 naughty1526 slender1530 slight1548 shrimpish1549 slipper1567 truanta1572 toyous1581 trivious1583 mean1585 silly1587 nicea1594 puny?1594 puisne1598 pusill1599 whindling1601 sapless1602 non-significant1603 poor1603 unsignificant1603 flea-bite1605 perishing1605 lank1607 weightless1610 fonda1616 penny farthing1615 triviala1616 unweighty1621 transitory1637 twattling1651 inconsiderate1655 unserious1655 nugal1656 small drink1656 slighty1662 minute1668 paddling1679 snitling1682 retail1697 Lilliputian1726 vain1731 rattletrap1760 peppercornish1762 peppercorn1791 underling1804 venial1806 lightweight1809 floccinaucical1826 small-bore1833 minified1837 trantlum1838 piffling1848 tea-tabular1855 potty1860 whipping-snapping1861 tea-gardeny1862 quiddling1863 twaddling1863 fidgeting1865 penny ante1865 feather-weighted1870 jerkwater1877 midget1879 mimsy1880 shirttail1881 two-by-four1885 footle1894 skittery1905 footery1929 Mickey Mouse1931 chickenshit1934 minoritized1945 marginal1952 marginalized1961 tea-party1961 little league1962 marginalizing1977 minnowy1991 the mind > attention and judgement > importance > unimportance > [adjective] > worthless naughteOE unworthc960 nought worthOE unworthya1240 vaina1300 lewd1362 base?1510 to be nothing toc1520 stark naught1528 nothing worth1535 worthilessa1542 draffish1543 baggage1548 dunghill?1555 valureless1563 toyish1572 worthless1573 out (forth) of door (also doors)1574 leaden1577 riff-raff1577 drafty1582 fecklessc1586 dudgeon?1589 nought-worth1589 tenpenny1592 wanwordy?a1595 shotten herring1598 nugatory1603 unvalued1604 priceless1614 unvaluable1615 valuelessa1616 waste1616 trashya1620 draffy1624 stramineous1624 invaluable1640 roly-poly?1645 nugatorious1646 perquisquilian1647 niffling1649 lazy1671 wanworth1724 little wortha1754 flimsy1756 waff1788 null1790 nothingy1801 nothingly1802 twopenny-halfpenny1809 not worth a flaw1810 garbage1817 peanut1836 duffing1839 trash1843 no-account1845 no-count1851 punky1859 rummagy1872 junky1880 skilligalee1883 footle1894 punk1896 wherry-go-nimble1901 junk1908 rinky-dink1913 schlock1916 tripe1927 duff1938 chickenshit1940 sheg-up1941 expendable1942 (strictly) for the birds1943 tripey1955 schlocky1960 naff1964 dipshit1968 cack1978 1894 G. Du Maurier Trilby I. 163 His palette in one hand, and his twiddling little footle pig's-hair brush in the other. 1909 ‘F. Danby’ Incompleat Etonian 59 I don't care much now, it was rather footle any way, though the mater thought a lot of it. 1920 C. Wells Onxy Lobby 7 I think it's the most footle business I ever heard of! This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022). footlev. Brit. /ˈfuːtl/, U.S. /ˈfudəl/ Origin: Of uncertain origin. Perhaps a variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: footer v.² Etymology: Origin uncertain. Perhaps an alteration of footer v.², with remodelling of the ending after verbs in -le suffix (compare e.g. diddle v.¹ (beside didder v.), tottle v.¹ (beside totter v.), etc.). Compare slightly earlier footling adj.²It has alternatively been suggested that this word is a borrowing of French †foutiller, (1718 or earlier), †fouteiller to fuck, to fornicate (1735 or earlier), but this would appear inconsistent with the register of the English examples below. colloquial. intransitive. To act or talk foolishly; to occupy oneself in an aimless or trivial way. Also with about, around. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > foolishness, folly > be or become foolish [verb (intransitive)] > act foolishly dotec1225 foleyec1374 fop1528 fond1530 daff1535 pract1568 dolt1573 daw1596 fool1597 guck1603 baboonize1611 prat1685 to play the fool1722 niff-naff1728 fopple1756 doitera1790 daffle1796 tomfool1825 to play (also act) the (giddy) goat1841 lallygag1862 silly1877 monkey1878 footle1891 to ass around1899 to play silly buggers (also beggars, bleeders, etc.)1903 to arse around1919 to jackass around1927 nimble-pimble1927 to fuck about1929 to fool up1933 to crap around1936 pantomime1958 prat1961 dork1990 1891 Punch 3 Jan. 3/1 Now, really, Settee, do try not to footle like this! 1900 Captain 3 312/1 Permission to footle in the lab. on half-holidays. 1920 B. Travers Dippers 256 This time they are not to footle about like that but to give us a proper ball-room stunt. 1947 D. Thomas Let. 5 June (1987) 638 We have just hired a wireless, & he footles with this, getting the BBC Overseas Service mostly. 1994 Times 17 Jan. 12/6 Why do Cabinet ministers footle around trying to redefine their own slogans? 2000 A. L. Kennedy Everything you Need 317 Nathan footled with the papers in his pocket. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.adj.1894v.1891
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