different between fust vs fuss

English

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Old French fust (“wood; bole, tree trunk”) (modern French fût), from Latin f?stis (“knobbed stick, cudgel, club”), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *b?ew- (“to hit”) or *g??en- (“to strike; to kill, slay”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA^(key): /f?st/
• Rhymes: -?st

Noun

fust (plural fusts)

1. A strong musty smell; mustiness.
2. (architecture) The shaft (main body) of a column.

Derived terms

• fusted (adjective)
• fustily
• fustiness
• fusty

Related terms

• fuster
• fustian
• fustigate
• fustigation

Verb

fust (third-person singular simple present fusts, present participle fusting, simple past and past participle fusted)

1. (intransitive, obsolete) To turn mouldy, to decay.
2. (intransitive) Of wine: to acquire an undesirable musty or woody taste from the cask in which it is stored.

Etymology 2

Possibly from Portuguese fusta (“fust”), from Latin fusta (“beam (of wood)”), from f?stis (“knobbed stick, cudgel, club”); compare Middle French fuste.

Noun

fust (plural fusts)

1. (nautical, historical) A type of small galley.

Translations

Etymology 3

Adjective

fust (not comparable)

1. Nonstandard form of first.

Adverb

fust (not comparable)

1. Nonstandard form of first.
   • 1876, Evening Hours (page 629)

     She'd drink the gin fust and give him her ten commandments artervards, when she'd aggerawated him to try it on.

Anagrams

• STFU, UTFs

Dutch

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -?st

Noun

fust n (plural fusten, diminutive fustje n)

1. cask (e.g. containing beer)

Middle French

Alternative forms

• fut

Verb

fust

1. third-person singular past historic of estre

Norwegian Bokmål

Adjective

fust

1. neuter of fus

Norwegian Nynorsk

Adjective

fust

1. neuter of fus

Old French

Etymology 1

see estre.

Alternative forms

• fu
• fut
• fud (early Old French)

Verb

fust

1. third-person singular past historic of estre

Descendants

• French: fut

Etymology 2

From Latin fustis.

Noun

fust m (oblique plural fuz or futz, nominative singular fuz or futz, nominative plural fust)

1. wood (material from a plant)
2. wooden beam or plank
3. bole (part of a tree trunk)
4. club (weapon)

Old High German

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *f?sti.

Noun

f?st f

1. fist

Declension

Descendants

• Middle High German: f?st, v?st, voust
  • Cimbrian: bòista
  • German: Faust
  • Hunsrik: Faust
  • Luxembourgish: Fauscht
  • Yiddish: ??????? (foyst)

English

Etymology

Of unknown origin. Perhaps from Danish fjas (“nonsense”), from Middle Low German (compare German faseln (“to maunder, talk nonsense”))

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /f?s/
• Rhymes: -?s

Noun

fuss (countable and uncountable, plural fusses)

1. (countable or uncountable) Excessive activity, worry, bother, or talk about something.
   • 1882, Thomas Carlyle, Reminiscences
2. A complaint or noise; a scene.

3. An exhibition of affection or admiration.

Translations

Verb

fuss (third-person singular simple present fusses, present participle fussing, simple past and past participle fussed)

1. (intransitive) To be very worried or excited about something, often too much.

   His grandmother will never quit fussing over his vegetarianism.

2. (intransitive) To fiddle; fidget; wiggle, or adjust

   Quit fussing with your hair. It looks fine.

3. (intransitive, especially of babies) To cry or be ill-humoured.
4. (intransitive, with over) To show affection for, especially animals.
5. (transitive) To pet.

   He fussed the cat.

Usage notes

• Generally used with with, over, or about.

Translations

Derived terms

• fussbudget
• fussbutton
• fusspot
• fussy
• fuss and bother
• no muss no fuss

References

Anagrams

• USSF

Hungarian

Alternative forms

• fussál

Etymology

fut (“to run”) +? -j (personal suffix)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?fu??]
• Hyphenation: fuss
• Rhymes: -u??

Verb

fuss

1. second-person singular subjunctive present indefinite of fut