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ful

Pronunciation: /fʉːl/

“ful” is a Swedish word. Its 3 meanings in English:

adjective

  1. ugly (of displeasing appearance)
  2. dirty, bad (contradictory to norms or rules)
  3. prefix indicating a state of low or lesser quality: an ironic opposite of fin (“fine, elegant”).

Etymology

From Old Norse fúll, from Proto-Germanic *fūlaz. Compare English foul, Dutch vuil, German faul.

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