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Etymology
Derived from Irish fústar.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈfuːstən/ (spelled fousten)[1]
- IPA(key): /fuːsˈtiːn/, /fɔːsˈtiːn/
Noun
fousthen
- (figurative) confusion, trembling[2]
References
- ^ Diarmaid Ó Muirithe (1990) “A Modern Glossary of the Dialect of Forth and Bargy”, in lrish University Review, volume 20, number 1, Edinburgh University Press, page 157
- ^ Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 40