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FOOT - FORR

FOOT - adjectives
• ACRE-FOOT big-footed ...1908 Amer. dial.
• BARE-VAMPED standing in one's stockings, without shoes ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BETTER of the hand or foot: the right ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• COW-HOCKED having large or awkward feet; clumsy about the ankles ...19C sl.
• KAY of the hand or foot: left ...a1300 Eng. dial.
• KEY of the hand or foot: left ...a1300 Eng. dial.
• KIDNEY-FOOTED having large or clumsy feet ...1905 Amer. dial.
• PARATOED having feet that turn inward; pigeon-toed ...1930 Amer. dial.
• PARROT-TOED having feet that turn inward; pigeon-toed ...1824 Amer. dial.
• PARRY-TOED having feet that turn inward; pigeon-toed ...1845 Amer. dial.
• PEAR-TOED having feet that turn inward; pigeon-toed ...1965 Amer. dial.
• REEL-FOOTED having the feet turned inwards so that the legs are crossed in walking; club-footed ...1887 Sc. & N. Ireland
• SATCHEL-FOOTED having large feet ...1949 Amer. dial.
• SCASH twisted, turned to one side, esp. used of the feet ...1866 Sc.
• TAIGLIN of the feet: dragging, halting ...1915 Sc.
• WING-FOOTED having feet that turn out or are otherwise misshapen ...1913 Amer. dial.
foot - nouns
• AIRY-FAIRIES large feet ...1930s sl.
• AMPLE TRAMPLE large feet ...Bk1947 Amer. sl.
• ANT KILLERS the feet, esp. very large feet ...1845 Amer. dial.
• ANTS-MASHERS the feet, esp. very large feet ...1966 Amer. dial.
• ANT-STOMPER a large foot; a large, heavy shoe ...1960s US sl.
• BARGE a big foot ...c1960 Amer. jocular
• BARKING DOGS tired or aching feet ...1939 Amer. jocular
• BATTLESHIPS large feet ...1886 Amer. sl.
• BAYARD OF TEN TOES the human feet, 'shanks' mare ...1616
• BEETLE-CRUSHERS the feet ...1860 jocular
• BEETLE-SQUASHERS the feet ...1860 jocular
• BEST FOOT the right foot ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BOAT PADDLE a foot, esp. a large one ...1966 Amer. dial.
• BOXCARS big feet or shoes ...1950 Amer. sl.
• BROGANITES unusually big or clumsy feet ...1950 Amer. dial.
• BROGANS unusually big or clumsy feet ...1966 Amer. dial.
• BUM DOGS tired or sore feet ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• CALIFORNIA MOCCASINS rags wrapped around the feet and ankles to provide warmth in cold weather ...1923 Amer. sl.
• CALIFORNIA OVERSHOES rags wrapped around the feet and ankles to provide warmth in cold weather ...1952 Amer. sl.
• CALIFORNIA SOCKS rags wrapped around the feet and ankles to provide warmth in cold weather ...1941 Amer. sl.
• CANAL BOAT big foot; big or clumsy shoes ...1926 Amer. sl.
• CANOES big feet or shoes ...1942 US sl.
• CHOCKERS feet ...L19 market-traders' sl.
• CRAB-SHELLS the feet ...19C sl.
• CREEPERS the feet ...World War II Amer. sl.
• CRUNCHERS the feet ...Bk2006 US sl.
• CURBY HOCKS clumsy feet ...c1850 sl.
• DAISY-BEATERS feet ...L19 sl.
• DANCERS the feet ...1950s sl.
• DASHBOARDS the feet ...1910s US sl.
• DEW-CLAWS feet ...1933 Amer. dial.
• DEW-DASHER a large and clumsy shoe or foot ...19C Eng. dial.
• DOGS the feet ...1913 sl.
• EARTHPADS feet ...1946 US sl.
• ELEPHANTITIS unusually big or clumsy feet ...1967 Amer. dial.
• EVERLASTING SHOES the naked feet ...M19 sl.
• FIDDLE CASES unusually large feet or shoes ...1942 Amer. sl.
• GAMMON † of an animal: the foot ...1825 Sc.
• GAMO a foot ...1880 Sc.
• GUFFINS very large feet ...1899 Amer. dial.
• GUNBOATS large feet or shoes ...1870 Amer. dial.
• GUSH-FOOT an unusually big or clumsy foot ...1970 Amer. dial.
• GUT FOOT fallen arches, i.e. flat feet ...1930s US Black sl.
• HAM a foot, esp. a big or clumsy one ...1965 Amer. dial.
• HAM HOCK a foot, esp. a big or clumsy one ...1965 Amer. dial.
• HAY FOOT the left foot ...1851 Amer sl., esp. army
• HOCK the foot; the foot and the ankle ...18C sl.
• HOCKS the feet ...M19 sl.
• HOMMOCKS large, awkward feet or legs ...1809 Eng. dial.
• HORSE OF TEN TOES the human feet, 'shanks' mare ...1616
• HUCKS feet ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• HURTFOOT † that which hurts the foot ...1567 nonce word
• KICKER a foot ...1942 Amer. sl.
• KIDNEY FOOT a large or clumsy foot ...1968 Amer. dial.
• LOBLOPPERS big or clumsy feet ...1969 Amer. dial.
• LONGFELLOWS big or clumsy feet ...1967 Amer. dial.
• MUDHOOK a foot; a heavy shoe or boot ...1850 Amer. dial.
• MUD-HOPPER a big or clumsy foot...1966 Amer. dial.
• MUD-MASHER a big or clumsy foot...1966 Amer. dial.
• MUD SCOWS large feet ...1860 Amer. sl.
• MUD-SPLASHER a big or clumsy foot...1966 Amer. dial.
• MUD-SPLITTER a foot; a heavy shoe or boot ...1939 Amer. dial.
• MUD-SQUISHER a big or clumsy foot...1966 Amer. dial.
• NECK OF THE FOOT the instep ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• PAD the foot of an animal, esp. a fox's foot ...1790 Eng. dial.
• PADDERS the feet ...19C sl.
• PADDLE a foot ...M19 sl.
• PADDLEFOOT a foot, esp. a large one ...1966 Amer. dial.
• PADDLERS the feet ...1845 UK sl.
• PADDLEWHEEL a foot, esp. a large one ...1966 Amer. dial.
• PALLY-FOOT a very large broad foot ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• PALLY-PAW a very large broad foot ...1873 Eng. dial.
• PALM the sole of the foot ...1845 Amer. dial.
• PALMER HOUSES flat feet ...1930s US Black sl.
• PARROT TOES inward-turning feet ...1965 Amer. dial.
• PAUP a foot, esp. a clumsy foot ...1811 Eng. dial.  
• PAUT, PAWT a hand or foot, esp. a clumsy foot ...1884 Eng. dial.  
• PEDESTALS the feet ...E18 sl.
• PEERIES feet ...20C sl.
• PETTLES the feet ...B1900 Sc.
• PLANTATION a foot, esp. a large one ...1907 Amer. dial.
• PLATES the feet ...1896 sl.
• PLATES OF MEAT the feet ...1857 rhyming sl.
• PLATFORM a large foot ...1968 Amer. dial.
• PLATTERS the feet ...1945 sl.
• PLATTERS OF MEAT the feet ...1923 rhyming sl.
• PLOUTSACKS the feet ...B1900 Sc.
• PONTOON a large foot ...1965 Amer. dial.
• PUDSY a foot ...L18 nursery usage
• REIST the instep of the foot ...Bk1904 Sc.
• SATCHEL a large foot ...1969 Amer. dial.
• SATCHEL FOOT a large foot ...1969 Amer. dial.
• SAXIE cracks in the feet occasioned by exposure to alternate wet and dryness ...Bk1904 Sc.
• SCASH-FOOT a foot with the toes turned outward ...Bk1904 Sc.
• SCLAFFER a big, clumsy, flat-footed person; a flat foot ...1969 Sc.
• SCLUTE a large, clumsy foot ...Bk1904 Sc.
• SCLYTE a worn-out shoe; a large, clumsy foot ...1804 Sc.
• SCOW a foot, esp. a large one ...1942 Amer. sl.
• SCRAPERS the heels, the feet ...1824 Ireland
• SCROFFLING FEET feet covered with corns ...1899 Eng. dial.
• SKI a large foot or shoe ...1935 Amer. dial.
• SKLUTE a large, clumsy foot ...Bk1904 Sc.
• SKLYTE a worn-out shoe; a large, clumsy foot ...1804 Sc.
• TEN-TOES the foot ...1830 Eng. dial.
• TODDLER a foot ...E19 sl.
• TOOTSICUM a small foot ...1856 jocular
• TOOTSIE a foot ...1854 jocular
• TOOTSIE-WOOTSIE a foot ...1854 jocular
• TOOTSY a foot ...1854 jocular
• TOOTSY-WOOTSY a foot ...1854 jocular
• TUGBOAT a large foot or shoe ...1932 Amer. dial.
• TUTTLE a child's name for a foot ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• VIOLIN an unusually large foot or shoe ...1967 Amer. dial.
• VIOLIN CASE an unusually large foot or shoe ...1917 Amer. dial.
• WALKERS † the feet ...1832 sl.
• YAM FOOT a foot that is broad and splayed out ...2003 Trinidad and Tobago
• YARK the edge of the foot at its widest part, the instep ...1974 Sc.
• YARKEN the space between the forefinger and thumb; the hollow of the foot between the heel and great toe; the grasp of the hand ...Bk1905 Sc.
• YARKIN the space between the forefinger and thumb; the hollow of the foot between the heel and great toe; the grasp of the hand ...Bk1905 Sc.
foot - person
• ACRE-FOOT a person with large feet ...World War II Amer. sl.
• ANTS-MASHER a man who has large feet; one who wears large shoes ...1960s US sl.
• ANT-STOMPER a man who has large feet; one who wears large shoes ...1960s US sl.
• BAMF a person with broad, flat, clumsy feet; one who goes about stumping and tossing his feet about ...1824 Sc. 
• BIGFOOT a nickname for a person having large feet ...1833
• DEW-BEATER a person who has large feet or who walks awkwardly ...1825 Eng. dial.
• DEW-DASHER a person who has large feet, or who walks awkwardly ...19C Eng. dial.
• DEW-SPREADER a person who has large feet or who walks awkwardly ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• DEW-WIPER a person who has large feet or who walks awkwardly ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• HAPPETTY a man with a club-foot ...1902 Sc.
• MARLEY-SLOPPER one who is splay-footed ...M19 sl.
• MARLEY STOPPER one who is splay-footed ...M19 sl.
• MONOPED a person having only one foot or one leg ...1873
• SATCHEL FEET a person with large feet ...1934 Amer. sl.
• SCLAPPER-DAD one who has large feet ...1969 Sc.
foot - verbs
• SCASH to twist, to turn awry; to tread on the side of one's foot; to turn one's toes outwards; to walk in a silly, affected way; to be careless about one's dress ...Bk1904 Sc.
• SCASHLE, SKASHLE to twist, to turn away; to tread on the side of one's feet; to turn one's toes outward; to walk in a waddling, shuffling manner; to be careless about one's dress ...Bk1904 Sc.
• SCASS to twist, to turn awry; to tread on the side of one's foot; to turn one's toes outwards; to walk in a silly, affected way; to be careless about one's dress ...Bk1904 Sc.
• SCAUT to push with the feet; to dig the feet into the ground in order to gain resistance; to stretch the legs violently ...1825 Eng. dial.
• SUPPLODE †* to stamp with the feet; to make a great noise with the foot ...1623
 
FOOT (measurement) - nouns
• SESQUIPEDALIAN a person or thing that is foot and a half in height or length ...1615

FOOTBALL - nouns
• BALLOON a lofty hit or kick given to a cricket ball, baseball, or football ...1904 colloq.
• CHALK a lecture on football by a coach to the players ...1934 US sl.
• CHALK TALK a lecture on football by a coach to the players ...1934 US sl.
• END that area of a football stadium, behind the respective goals, traditionally reserved for the hardcore supporters of home and away teams and the scene of most fighting ...20C sl.
• FOOTIE a football ...1983 Aust. sl.
• FOOTY a football ...1983 Aust. sl.
• LEATHER in cricket and football: the ball ...1868
• OVAL a football ...US
• PUMKIN a football ...Bk1974 Amer. sl.
• PUMPKIN a football ...Bk1974 Amer. sl.
• PUNKIN a football ...Bk1974 Amer. sl.
• WOUNDED DUCK in football: a wobbling forward pass, which might be intercepted ...1980s Amer. sports usage
football - person
• BEEFER a football player ...Bk1975 Amer. sl.
• BEEF JERKY a punchy, off-balance football player ...Bk1972 homosexual sl.
• FOOTBALLOPHILE a football sports-writer ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• GAME-BREAKER in US football: a player who determines the outcome of a game ...1977
• HALF in American football: a halfback in the game of football ...1887
• HARD CHARGER in sports, chiefly American football & motor racing: a player or competitor who charges or races forcefully or aggressively ...1902 US
• HEADHUNTER in ice hockey and football: an unnecessarily rough or violent player ...1976 US sl.
• HERO CANDY a football player, or some other sport's idol, who will allow a homosexual fan to blow him ...Bk1972 homosexual sl.
• HIT MAN a player who tries to foul or injure members of the opposing team ...1974 sl.
• MONSTER in sports: a football lineman who plays wherever his strength is needed at the moment ...Bk1980 Amer. sl.
• SAFETY in football: a defense back whose function is to prevent a long gain by the opposing team ...1931
• SAFETY MAN in football: a defense back whose function is to prevent a long gain by the opposing team ...Bk1982
• TACKLE in American football: each of two players (right and left) stationed next to the end rusher or forward in the rush-line ...1894
• TACKLER one who tackles in football ...1891
• TAILBACK in American football: the offensive back stationed furthest from the line of scrimmage ...1930
• TAXI SQUAD in football: reserves who can be activated on short notice to replace others who are injured ...Bk1994
football - verbs 
• BALLOON to hit a cricket ball or baseball, or kick a football, high in the air ...1904 colloq.
 
FOOTHILL - person
• BUNCHGRASSER a person who lives in the foothills ...1920 Amer. dial.
 
FOOTHOLD - nouns
• BERTH a foothold, a grasp ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
foothold - verbs
• FASTEN THE FEET † to give or obtain sure foothold ...a1300
 
FOOTLOOSE - adjectives
• WAFF of persons: vagrant, wandering, homeless, footloose ...1746 Sc.
 
FOOTMAN - see SERVANT

FOOTPATH - nouns  (also see SIDEWALK)
• BANQUETTE a raised sidewalk or footpath ...1841 Amer. dial.
• GANG-WAY † a footpath, either that of a public road or one through fields to a farmhouse ...c1000 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• GANNIN-GAIT the footpath of a public road ...Bk1900 Sc.
• GAN-WAY † a footpath of a public road ...1887 Sc.
• RAMPART the curbstone of a footpath ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• OATS AND CHAFF a footpath ...1857 rhyming sl.
• PAD-GATE a footpath; a trodden way ...1889 Eng. dial.
• PAD-ROAD a footpath; a trodden way ...1888 Eng. dial.
• PAD-TROD a footpath; a trodden way ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• PAD-WALK a footpath; a trodden way ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• PAD-WAY a footpath; a trodden way ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• PARAPET the sidewalk, footpath, or pavement of a street or road ...1840 Eng. dial.
• RAMPER a raised road through a marsh or bog; a raised footway; a high road ...1890 Eng. dial.
• REAN a footpath or roadway ...1711 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• TERRACE a raised footpath by the side of a road ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• WALKING-PATH † a footpath ...1791
 
FOOTPRINT - nouns
• ACCUB † the print of any creature's foot ...1626
• FEETING footprints, tracks ...1663 Amer. dial.
• FEETNING footprints, tracks ...1966 Amer. dial.
• PADDLES marks, footprints ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• PATTERINGS footprints; the marks of feet in light soil, etc. ...Bk1903 Eng. dial.  
• PATTERMENTS footprints; the marks of feet in light soil, etc. ...Bk1903 Eng. dial.  
• PATTERS dirty footmarks; a thoroughly trodden down state, all over footprints ...Bk1903 Eng. dial.  
• PELMATOGRAM * an impression of the sole of the foot; a footprint ...1890
• PUG a footprint, esp. of a game animal ...1860
• PUG-MARK the footprint of an animal ...M19
• SCOTE the footmarks of horses, cattle, etc. ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
footprint - verbs 
• PUG to track (esp. game) by following footprints or another spoor ...M16
 
FOOTSTEP - nouns
• LAST † a footstep, track, trace ...971
 
FOOTSTOOL - nouns
• BENCH † a footstool ...c1386
 
FOP, FOPPISH - adjectives
• BOBBISH conceited, foppish ...Bk1880 Eng. dial.
​• DANDIFIED made or adorned in the style of a dandy; foppish ...1826 colloq.
• FALLAL † affected, finicking, foppish ...1748
• FALLALISH * somewhat fallal ...1754
• JEMMY-JESSAMY dandified, foppish, effeminate ...1786
• LARDY-DARDY characteristic of an affected swell; languidly foppish; supercilious ...1861 sl.
• MACARONIAN foppish ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• MACARONIC * pert. to a macaroni ...1828
• MASHER characteristic of a 'masher', foppish, dandyish ...1884 sl.
• QUAINT † of persons; finely or fashionably dressed; elegant, foppish ...a1300
• SCOVIE foppish ..1825 Sc.
• SCOVIE-LIKE having a foppish appearance ...1825 Sc.
• SKIPJACK flighty, affected, foppish ...1598
• SKIPJACKLY * flighty, affected, foppish ...1674
• TOL-LOL foppish ...L19 Aust. sl.
fop, foppish - person
• ADON † a fop, a dandy or exquisite; Adonis ...1592
• ADONIS a beau, fop, or dandy ...1765
• BARBER-MONGER † a constant frequenter of the barber's shop, a fop ...1608
• BARBER'S CLERK an irresponsible sailor who is overparticular about his appearance; a fop; one who spends much time in barber’s shops ...1835 US nautical sl.
• BARBER’S-CLOCK a fop; one who spends much time in barber’s shops ...Bk1891 sl.
• BEAU a man who gives particular, or excessive, attention to dress, mien, and social etiquette; a fop, a dandy ...1687
• BEAU GARÇON, BEAU-GARZON a handsome fellow; an exquisite, a fop ...c1665
• BEAU-NASTY a dandy or fop who, though in exterior finely dressed, is dirty and slovenly in person and habits ...c1786 sl.
• BEAUTY MAN * a beautiful man, esp. one who is effeminate; a fop, a dancy ...1800
• BEND a foolish, foppish fellow ...Bk1898 Sc.
• BIT OF HAW-HAW a fop, a dandy ...Bk1909 UK sl.
• BUCK-A-DANDY a young, dashing, or virile man; a fop ...1894 Amer. dial.
• BUCKSTICK a well-dressed, sprightly child or youth; a fop ...19C Eng. dial.
• CAKE a dandy; a fop; youths who wore stylish wide-bottomed trousers ...E19 US sl., esp. gang
• CAKEY a fop; a dandy ...1930s US sl.
• COCKSCOMB, COXCOMB † a stupid person; a fool ...1542
• DAFFYDOWNDILLY a dandy, a fop ...1830 sl.
• DAND a dandy; a fop ...1874 sl.
• DANDY a man who dresses fashionably and ostentatiously; a fop ...c1780
• DANDY-COCK a foppish, strutting fellow ...1892 Eng. dial.
• DANDY-DEVIL a fop ...1894 Eng. dial.
• DANDYLING a diminutive or petty dandy; a ridiculous fop ...1846 nonce word
• DUDE an affected male; a fop ...19C US sl.
• DUNDREARY † a foolish fop or dandy, esp. one viewed as a typical representative of the British upper class ...1861
• DUNDREARY SWELL a foolish, typically aristocratic or upper-class fop or dandy ...1862
• FANTASTIC † one given to fine or showy dress; a fop ...a1613
• FLASHER a high-flier; a fop; a pretender to wit ...1779 sl.
• FOPDOODLE † a silly, vain, empty person; a stupid or insignificant fellow; a fop, fool, simpleton ...a1600
• FRIBBLE a contemptible fop ...1785 sl.
• GAG a conceited, foppish young fellow, who tries to figure as a swell ...Bk1910 Ireland 
• GANDER a dandy, a fop ...E19 sl.
• GIMCRACK † an affected, showy, or worthless person; a conceited fellow; a fop; in later use a term of contempt applied to women ...1618
• HOP-O'-MY-THUMB a fop, a dandy ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• JACK-A-DANDY a conceited fop; a petty dandy; a coxcomb; a pert, smart, little impertinent fellow; a conceited, empty-headed little fellow; a contemptuous name for a beau, fop, or dandy; an insignificant person ...1632
• JACKANAPES a ridiculous upstart; a pert, impertinent, or conceited fellow who assumes ridiculous airs; a coxcomb, a fop ...c1555
• JACK-DANDY a little fop, a petty dandy; an insignificant little fellow; a coxcomb ...1632 colloq.
• JACK OF DANDY an insignificant person; a fop ...E17 sl.
• JEMMY † a dandy or fop; a finical fellow ...1753
• JEMMY-JESSAMY an effeminate or great fop, a dandy ...1753
• LA-DE-DA(H), LA-DI-DA, LAH-DI-DAH, LARDY-DAH language or behaviour characterized by affectation, pretension, or preciosity; hence, a person notable for such behaviour; a fop or swell ...1883 colloq.
• MAC(C)ARONI an exquisite of a class which arose in England about 1760 and consisted of young men who had travelled and affected the tastes and fashions prevalent in continental society; a fop; a dandy; one who dresses fantastically; one who follows every ridiculous mode of dress ...1764 hist.
• MACAROON † a fop ...a1825 Eng. dial.
• MACAROONY † a macaroni; a fop; a dandy; an overdressed person ...Bk1895 Eng. dial.
• MASH a dandy, a fop, a swell ...1882 sl.
• MASHER a dandy or fop of affected manners and exaggerated style of dress who frequented music-halls and fashionable promenades and who posed as a lady-killer ...1882 sl.
• MONKEYRONY † (derogatory) a dandy or fop; esp. a person who behaves mischievously like a monkey ...1773 colloq.
• MONKEY-WHISK † a fop ...Bk1880
• NAB(E) † a coxcomb; a fop ...a1700 sl.
• NANTLING a foppish person ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• PAJOCK * a vain or conceited person; a popinjay, a fop; a term of contempt ...1604
• POPINJAY a fop ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• PUFF a fop; an effeminate male; a homosexual male ...19C Brit. sl.
• PUP a vain fop ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• PUPPY a vain fop ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• PURP a vain fop ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• QUEER CULL a foolish dandy, a fop ...L17 sl.
• SCOVIE a fop ...1825 Sc.
• SKIPJACK a pert, shallow-brained fellow; a young, impudent person; a conceited fop or dandy ...1554 arch.
• SPANGLE-BABY † a fop or dandy ...1602
• SPARK a young man of an elegant or foppish character; one who affects smartness or display in dress and manners; chiefly in more or less depreciatory use; a gay, dashing fellow ...c1600
• TASSELLED GENTLEMAN a fop, a man dressed in fine clothes ...Bk1894
• TIPPY-BOB a smart, fashionably-dressed person; a fop ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• YITEMARREE a term of contempt for an empty-headed, foppish, time-serving man ...1902 Sc.

FOPPERY - nouns
• FANGLE † a fantastic, foppish, or silly contrivance; a piece of finery; foppery, fuss ...1583
• MACARONISM behaviour characteristic of a macaroni; dandyism ...1775
 
FORAGE - verbs
• FANGS of an animal: to forage, to search round for food ...1929 Sc.
 
FORBEAR - verbs
• LET † to desist, to forbear ...c1200
 
FORBEARANCE - nouns
• SUFFERANCE patient endurance, forbearance, long-suffering ...a1300 arch.
 
FORBID - verbs
• CRY DOWN to forbid, suppress, or condemn by public proclamation; to publicly disclaim responsibility for ...1457
• DARE to deter by threatening; to forbid ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• DISANNUL to forbid, to hinder, to refuse ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• DISCHARGE to forbid, to prohibit, to charge not to do ...1631 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• FAIN to forbid, to refuse; to claim a truce ...1870 Eng. dial.
• FORFEND † to prohibit, to forbid ...1382
• OPPOSE * to forbid ...1813
• TOLL THE BELL ON to put an end to; to forbid ...1900s sl.
• WARN to forbid a person to do something ...c893
 
FORBIDDEN - adjectives
• KAPU forbidden, off limits; often used as a warning to deter trespassing ...1826
• NOT ON unacceptable, impossible; not permissible; forbidden; not going to happen ...1972 sl.
• OFF forbidden ...1910s sl.
• VETITE † forbidden, prohibited ...c1500
• WARNABLE †* that may be forbidden ...c1449
 
FORBIDDING - adjectives
• BAD-LIKE of forbidding aspect; ill-favoured ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BUGGERY-LOOKING adj. ugly, forbidding, or scary-looking ...1956 Amer. dial.
• GRUM AND CHUFF sulky in demeanour and surly in speech; morose and forbidding ...1950 Amer. dial.
• MALAGRUGROUS † grim, forbidding; gloomy, dismal, melancholy ...1819 Sc.
• MALEGROBOLOUS † grim, forbidding; gloomy, dismal, melancholy ...1819 Sc.
• REBARBATIVE * repellent, forbidding; unattractive, dull; unpleasant, objectionable ...1892
• THARF of heavy countenance; lumpish; reluctant, unwilling; hesitating; shy; slow; forbidding, cold, unsociable ...1882 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• THARFISH of heavy countenance; lumpish; reluctant, unwilling, backward, timorous, shy; forbidding ...Bk1905 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• THIEVELESS shy, reserved; cold, frigid in manner, forbidding ...1787 Sc.
forbidding - person
• FUSTILUGS † a gross, fat, unwieldy person, especially a woman; a slovenly woman that smells rank; a person with a sour,  forbidding aspect; a dirty child; a term of abuse...1607 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• UFRONGGI, UFRONGIE, UFRUNGIE a grotesque object; a person of forbidding aspect ...Bk1905 Sc.
 
FORCE - adverbs
• BINNER with much noise and force ...Bk1898 Sc.
• BY HEAD AND SHOULDERS by force, violently ...1581
• FORCELY † with force or power, vigorously, vehemently, violently ...1508 obs. or Sc.
• NECK AND CROP headlong; with force ...1890 Eng. dial.
• NECK AND HEELS headlong; with force ...1895 Eng. dial.
force - nouns
• AFEL †* strength, physical force ...c1200
• BANKSTERSHIP force, violence ...Bk1898 Sc.
• BELLUM a blast, as of wind; force, impetus ...Bk1898 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• BIG STICK a display of force ...1904 US
• BIR force, impetus ...Bk1911 Sc. 
• BIRR force, impetus, energy; violence; passion ...Bk1911 Sc. 
• BOOSE force, energy ...Bk1911 Sc.
• FARRACH strength, substance; force, ability, energy ...1742 Sc.
• FEEROCH strength, substance; force, ability, energy ...1742 Sc.
• FEIROCH strength, substance; force, ability, energy ...1742 Sc.
• MAISTRICE † mastery; superiority, superior force or skill; a deed of might or skill; a feat ...a1300, chiefly Sc.
• MASTERY † superior force or power ...1297
• NEED † violence, force, constraint, or compulsion, exercised by or upon persons ...c825
• PANG strength, vigour, energy, force ...1873 Sc.
• PUISSANCE power, might, or force; influence ...1375 literary usage
• PUNCH force; meaning; pungency ...Bk1974 Amer. sl.
• RADEUR †* rapidity, impetus, force ...c1477
• RADOUR †* rapidity, impetus, force ...c1477
• RANDOM † impetuosity, great speed, force, or violence in riding, running, striking, etc. ...c1305
• SINEW strength, energy, force; usually in the plural ...1560
• VIR vigour, energy, activity, briskness, gusto, force, impetuosity ...1738 Sc.
• VIRR vigour, energy, briskness, gusto, force, impetuosity ...1738 Sc.
force - verbs
• AFFORCE † to apply force; to force, compel ...c1300
• BEFORCE †* to force, to ravish ...c1375
• BREAK A BUTTERFLY ON A WHEEL to use unnecessary force in destroying something fragile ...1734
• BREAK THE WINGS OF A BUTTERFLY ON A WHEEL to use unnecessary force in destroying something fragile ...1990
• BULLDOSE, BULLDOZE to intimidate, to coerce, to force through violence ...L19 sl.
• DEAD 1. † to lose vitality, force, or vigour; to become numb; to lose heat or glow ...c1384
2. † to deprive of force or vigour ...1586
• DRIVE TO THE WALL to force into an awkward situation
• EFFORCE to force open, to gain by force, to compel ...1596
• FORCE DOWN SOMEONE'S THROAT to force someone to agree to or accept ...colloq.
• GET HEAD to gain force or power; to attain to vigour ...1625
• NEEDCESSITATE † to force, to necessitate ...1836 Sc.
• OPPRESS † to force, to violate, to ravish ...1382
• PISSANT to move a heavy object by brute force ...1953 Amer. dial.
• PUSH TO THE WALL to force into an awkward situation
• RAILROAD to force or speed up an action without due process, in disregard of regular or accepted procedures, or without the consent of others concerned; to force one's opinion or schemes upon others ...L19 Amer. sl.
• RAM AT to use force; to do anything with vigour ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• RAMPEN †* to force, to ram ...a1300
• RAMROD to force, deceive, or overpersuade one into doing something ...1952 Amer. dial.
• RANFORCE † to force, to break open ...1637
• RANT to unduly and forcibly handle a female ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• SCRIG to force; to squeeze out ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SCROOCH to force, push, or squeeze one's way; to crowd over ...1909 Amer. dial.
• SCROUGE to force, push or squeeze one's way; to crowd ...1798 Amer. dial.
• SCROUNGE to force or squeeze one's way into a small space; to encroach on ...1953 Amer. dial.
• SCROWDGE to crowd, to push again; to force into, out of, etc. a crowded space ...1789 Amer. dial.
• SHANGHAI to force a person, esp. by underhand or unscrupulous means, to join a ship which is lacking a full crew ...1871 nautical sl., orig. US
• SKROUGE to crowd, to push against; to force into, out of, etc. a crowded space ...1789 Amer. dial.
• TAR AND TIG † to act forcefully or wantonly; to use force and violence ...c1470 Sc.
• TIG AND TAR † to act forcefully or wantonly; to use force and violence ...c1470 Sc.
• YARK † to pull, push, or throw with a sudden movement; to jerk, to wrench; to force ...1568 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• YERK to jerk; to seize or pull forcibly; to snatch, to wrench, to force ...1811 Sc. & Eng. & Amer. dial.
• YIRK to jerk; to seize or pull forcibly; to snatch, to wrench, to force ...1811 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• YOIK to force; to prise open ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
 
FORCE BACK - verbs
• RAMBARRE †* to beat or force back; to drive away, to repel, to repulse; to stop, to restrain ...1644 Sc.
 
FORCED - adjectives
• AFFECTATE † assumed unnaturally, forced, strain, stilted ...1559
• HIGH-PRESSURE coerced, forced ...1940s sl.
 
FORCED AWAY - adjectives
• ABSTORTED † forced away, wrung from another by violence ...Bk1662
 
FORCEFUL - adjectives
• ASS-KICKING forceful, aggressive, vicious, thuggish ...1977 sl.
• DYNAMIC active, potent, energetic, effective, forceful ...1856
• FULL-BLOODED vigorous, forceful, hearty, sensual
• GUTTY forceful and assertive ...1939 Amer. sl.
• HARD-HANDED ruling with a firm or cruel hand; forceful, severe ...1611 
• JAWY * forceful in language ...1654
• PUNCHY full of punch or vigour; forceful; being or appearing vigorously effective ...20C sl.
• TONITRUANT forceful, vigorous ...1907
forceful - nouns
• ASS-KICKING forceful or aggressive behaviour ...M20 sl.
• WALLOP a forceful impression ...colloq.
forceful - person 
• BEAR-CAT an aggressive, forceful, or powerful person; one of great energy or ability ...1916 US sl
• RIPSNORTER a forceful, energetic fellow ...1842 colloq. orig. US
• SCROUGE someone or something large or forceful ...M19 sl., orig. US
• SCROUGER someone or something large or forceful ...M19 sl., orig. US
 
FORCEFULLY - adverbs
• PARDOOS violently, with great force, with a crash ...1866 Sc.
• VIR forcefully ...1866 Sc.
• VIRR forcefully ...1866 Sc.
 
FORCE ON - verbs
• BRUSH to force on; to drive hard ...1755 US
 
FORCEPS - nouns
• BEAKS † a pair of pincers, a forceps ...1656
 
FORCIBLE - adjectives
• DERF † vigorous, forcible, violent ...c1440
• PEISANT † forcible, as a blow given with a heavy body ...c1450
• PUISSANT possessed of or wielding power; having great authority or influence; mighty, potent, powerful, strong, forcible ...a1450 arch.
• RAMMING forcible, 'go-ahead' ...1825 sl.
• REESING vehement, strong, forcible ...Bk1904 Sc.
 
FORCIBLY - adverbs
• AFFORCE † forcibly, by force ...c1380
• EADILY powerfully, forcibly ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• EARDLY powerfully, forcibly ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• HARDLY † with energy, force, or strenuous exertion; vigorously, forcibly, violently ...c1205
• MASTERFULLY violently, forcibly ...1792 Sc.
• NEEDLING † forcibly; by force ...c1000
• RAM-JAM forcibly; headlong ...1879 Eng. dial.
 
FORD - nouns
• DRIFT a passage of a river; a ford ...1849 S. Afr.
• RACK a shallow ford in a river ...1705 Sc.
• RIDDING a ford ...1882 Eng. dial.
• WADDIE, WADDY a wading place, a ford ...1929 Sc.
• WADE shallow water, a ford ...1829 Sc.
 
FOREBODE - verbs
• HALSEN to predict, to divine, to conjecture; to forebode evil, to anticipate bad news; to speak evil ...1814 Eng. dial.
• OMINATE † to prognosticate from omens; to augur, to forebode ...1582
 
FOREBODING - adjectives
• OORIE of things: uncanny, filled with foreboding, strange and disquieting ...1877 Sc.
foreboding - adverbs 
• EERIELY dismally, drearily, in a foreboding way ...1819 Sc.
foreboding - nouns 
• OMINATION † the act of omening or presaging; foreboding ...1589
• OOM an inkling, suspicion, notion, foreboding ...1880 Sc.
• SUGGESTION †* a foreboding, apprehension ...1748
 
FORECAST - verbs
• AIM to suppose, to conjecture; to anticipate, to forecast, to expect ...1877 Eng. dial.
• CAST † to conjecture as to the future; to anticipate; to forecast ...c1384
 
FORECASTING - nouns
• BEFORE-CASTING † forecasting, pre-calculation ...1388
 
FORECLOSE - verbs
• BEFORE-BAR † to preclude, to foreclose ...c1449
 
FOREFATHER - person
• ELDER † a parent; an ancestor, a forefather; hence, a predecessor, one who lived in former days; usually in plural ...971
• ELDFATHER † a grandfather; a forefather in general, an ancestor ...c1000
 
FOREGOING - adjectives
• TOFOREGOING † foregoing, preceding, antecedent ...1387-8
 
FOREGROUND - adverbs
• UP FRONT in the foreground ...1970s
 
FOREHEAD - nouns
• CENTER LEAD the forehead ...1920s US rhyming sl.
• SINCIPUT the forehead 
forehead - person
• SPAMHEAD - (derogatory) one who has a notably large forehead ...2001 UK juvenile sl.

FOREIGN - adjectives
• BEYOND-SEA ultramarine, outlandish, foreign ...1498
• BROUGHT-ON of a person: from outside the community; foreign ...1939 Amer. dial.
• BRUNG-ON of a person: from outside the community; foreign ...1911 Amer. dial.
• DAGO foreign ...1900 Aust. sl.
• ELELENDISH † of another land, foreign ...a1000
• ELENGE † strange, foreign ...1678 obs. exc. Sc.
• EXTERRANEOUS foreign, of another country; coming from abroad ...1656
• FARANT belonging to another place or district, 'foreign' ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• FAR-COME foreign, from a distance ...1590
• FARLAND † coming from a distance; foreign ...a1595 Sc.
• FURRIN foreign ...1895 humorous
• GOOK (derogatory) foreign; spec. Italian or East Asian; later, usually Korean or Vietnamese ...1920s US sl.
• OFF-COMED from a distance, foreign, strange ...1882 Eng. dial.
• OFFSHORE foreign ..1997 US sl.
• OOTERAL strange, foreign ...Bk1905 Sc.
• OUTLAND foreign, alien ...1942 Amer. dial.
• OUTLANDISH foreign. from outside one's own community ...1815 Amer. dial.
• PARLEYVOO French; foreign ...1828 Sc.
• ULTRAMARINE coming from beyond the sea, foreign ...1656
• UNCO unknown, strange; unusual; foreign ...c1410 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• UNICUNDE † native, foreign ...c1205
• WOG foreign ...1956 UK sl.
• XENOPHOBIC afraid of foreigners or of something foreign ...1912
foreign - adverbs
• OUTLAND to a foreign or alien place ...1938 Amer. dial.
foreign - nouns 
• EILLAND †* a foreign land ...a1300
• FARAWAY SCREED foreign news, a letter from abroad ...Bk1900 Sc.
• GABBIE-LABBIE † confused talking; the way in which we think foreigners talks when we don't know their language ...1824 Sc.
• XENOMANIA a mania or insane fancy for foreigners, or for things foreign ...1879
• XENOPHILISM love of foreigners or of something foreign ...1912
• XENOPHOBY fear of foreigners or of something foreign ...1909
foreign - person  (includes FOREIGNER)
• BARBAR † a foreigner, one whose language and customs differ from the speaker's ...1382 
• BARBARIAN a foreigner, one whose language and customs differ from the speaker's ...1549
• BARBARIC † a foreigner, one whose language and customs differ from the speaker's ...1388
• BISCUIT BEGGAR (derogatory) a person of foreign background; an American Indian ...1966 Amer. dial.
• BOHUNK (often derogatory) an immigrant from central or southeastern Europe, esp. one of inferior class, and often specifically applied to a Hungarian; a Bohemian; a foreigner ...1903 Amer. dial.
• BOHUNKUS (often derogatory) an eastern or southeastern European, esp. of the working class; a Bohemian; a foreigner ...1924 Amer. dial.
• DAGE a foreigner, an immigrant ...1955 Aust. sl.
• DAGO (derogatory or offensive) any form of foreigner ...1910s sl.
• DEGO (derogatory) orig. a Spaniard, Portuguese, or other Caucasian of southern Europe or Latin America; broadly, a foreigner ...1832 US sl.
• EXULATE † a person sent into or living in exile; a person compelled or choosing to live in a foreign country or a place not regarded as home ...c1470
• FARANG a foreigner ...1949 US soldiers in Vietnam usage
• FURRINER a foreigner ...1849 humorous
• GAIJIN a foreigner; a non-Japanese person (Japanese) ...1968
• GEEK (derogatory) a dark-skinned or yellow-skinned foreigner;  a native of the Philippines, the Southwest Pacific and adjacent areas; an East Asian person of any nationality; any  usually non-European foreigner ...1963 US military sl.
• GINZO * (usually offensive) a person of Italian origin; an Italian; hence, any foreigner ...1931 US sl.
• GOOK 1. (derogatory) a foreigner, esp. East Asian ...1910s sl., orig. US military
2. (derogatory) any foreigner ...1910s sl., orig. US military
• HEAVEN-BURSTER † a name given in Western Polynesia and New Zealand to a foreigner, as having broken in from another world outside ...1861
• HEDGEHOG (derogatory) a foreigner, esp. a Black or Asian person ...1992 UK rhyming sl. for 'wog'
• JABONEY a greenhorn; a newly-arrived foreigner; an inept, stupid or inexperienced person; a guy or fellow ...1931 Amer. dial.
• JABRONEY, JABRONI a newly immigrated foreigner; hence someone inexperienced or unsophisticated; an inept or stupid person; a guy or fellow ...1960 US sl.
• JOHNNY FOREIGNER (usually derogatory) a personification of a foreign person, usually with ironic reference to British xenophobia ...1990 Brit. sl.
• MOUNSEER any foreigner ...1838 UK sl.
• OUTLANDER a person of foreign nationality; one not a native; a foreigner, a stranger ...1605
• OUTLANDISHER a foreigner ...1895 Amer. dial.
• OUTLAW a foreigner; a stranger, an outsider ...1968 Amer. dial.
• SARACEN a foreigner, anyone not British-born ...1865 Eng. dial.
• SLEEPING DICTIONARY a foreign woman with whom a man has a sexual relationship and from whom he learns the rudiments of her language ...1928 sl.
• UITLANDER an outlander; one from another country ...1892
• UNCO a stranger, a foreigner ...1787 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• WOG (derogatory or offensive) a foreigner ...1942 sl.
foreign - person, other
• XENOMANIAC a person having an insane fancy for foreigners or for something foreign ...1879
• XENOPHIL(E) a person fond of or attracted by foreign things or people ...1948
• XENOPHOBE - one who has a morbid fear or hatred of foreigners ...1922
foreign - phrases 
• CAME OVER WITH THE CATTLE BOAT said of foreigners ...20C Brit. sl.
• CAME OVER WITH THE MORMONS said of foreigners ...20C Brit. sl.
• CAME OVER WITH THE MORONS said of foreigners ...20C Brit. sl.
• CAME OVER WITH THE ONION BOAT said of foreigners ...20C Brit. sl.
 
FOREKNOWLEDGE - nouns
• BEFORE-WITTING † foreknowledge ...c1400
 
FOREMAN - person
• ADAM a foreman , a superintendent ...1903 sl. 
• AUGER, AUGUR an important person; a foreman ...1903 Amer. dial.
• BENCH BOSS a working foreman in a factory, esp. in a pottery ...1894 Amer.
• BIG AUGER an important person; a boss; a foreman ...1868 US West usage
• BIG BULL in logging: the general superintendent; a foreman ...1942 Amer. dial.
• BIG SAVAGE in logging: the general superintendent; a foreman ...1942 Amer. dial.
• BIG SQUEEZE a boss or foreman; an important person; the leader of a gang; the head of any organization ...1912 US sl. 
• BIG STICK a person of authority, as a police officer or foreman; a marshal ...1966 Amer. dial.
• BILLY GORMAN a foreman or ganger ...1880 UK rhyming sl. 
• BULL a foreman or boss, esp. in a logging camp ...1930 Amer. dial.
• BULL OF THE WOODS a foreman or boss, esp. in a logging camp ...1872 Amer. dial.
• EL SEGUNDO a foreman, an underboss ...1967 Amer. dial.
• GAFF the leader of a body of workmen - a foreman or overseer ...Bk1877 Eng. dial. 
• GAFFER † an employer, a boss, a foreman; a master, a 'governor' ...a1659 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• GANG BOSS * the leader or foreman of a gang of workers or labourers ...1863
• GANG-DROVER the overseer, foreman, or head of a gang of workmen; the supervisor or master of a gang of field-labourers hired by a farmer ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• GANGER an overseer or foreman of a gang of workers; also, a member of a work-gang ...1836
• GANG LEADER * the leader or foreman of a gang of workers or labourers ...1775
• GANGMAN a member of a gang of workers or labourers; a foreman or overseer of such a gang ...1830
• GANGSMAN the overseer, foreman, or head of a gang a gang of labourers or workmen ...1803
• GANGSTER * a foreman or member of a gang of workers ...1913
• HANDSHAKER a foreman ...Bk1962 Amer. automobile plant workers' usage
• HEAD-BEETLER any foreman or man in charge of workmen ...Bk1864 Eng. dial.
• HEADBOMBARDIER a foreman; any person in charge ...Bk1997 Ulster sl.
• HEAD BOTTLE WASHER a person in authority; a foreman ...1915 sl.
• HEAD COOK AND BOTTLE WASHER a person in authority; a foreman ...1849 sl.
• HEAD KNOCK a person having primary authority; a boss, a foreman, etc. ...1944 US Black sl.
• HEAD KNOCKER a person having primary authority; a boss, a foreman, etc. ...1886 US sl.
• HEADMAN a man placed in charge of other workers, labourers, etc., esp. on a farm; a foreman, an overseer; a senior subordinate ...1725
• HEAD PUSH a boss, a foreman, a supervisor ...1905 Amer. dial.
• HEAD SQUEEZE a boss or foreman; an important person; the leader of a gang; the head of any organization ...1966 Amer. dial.
• INDUNA a person, esp. a Black person, in authority; a foreman ...M20 S. Afr.
• MAIN SQUEEZE a boss or foreman; an important person; the leader of a gang; the head of any organization ...1896 Amer. sl.
• MAISTRY a master workman, a foreman; applied also to a skilled workman, e.g. a cook, a tailor ...1798 Indian
• NEARDY a person in authority, a master, a parent, a foreman ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• OLD MAN a superintendent, a foreman, a boss ...1830 US sl.
• PANNIKIN BOSS a person with a modest amount of authority; a minor boss; a foreman ...1898 Aust. sl.
• PANNO a foreman ...1957 Aust. sl.
• PENNY-DOG an assistant foreman ...1929 US mining and logging usage
• RAMROD a boss, a superintendent, a foreman, a person in charge, esp. one who is a rigid disciplinarian ...1880 Amer. dial.
• RAMRODDER a boss, a superintendent, a foreman, a person in charge, esp. one who is a rigid disciplinarian ...1970 Amer. dial.
• SCRATCH BOSS an assistant, subordinate, or acting foreman of a crew of workers ...1965 Amer. dial.
• SCRATCH FOREMAN an assistant, subordinate, or acting foreman of a crew of workers ...1965 Amer. dial.
• SECUNDO a foreman, an underboss ...1936 Amer. dial.
• SEGUNDO a foreman, an underboss ...1903 Amer. dial.
• SIR RAG the chief of a band of servants or workers; a foreman or overseer ...1891
• STRAW BOSS a subordinate or assistant foreman ...1894 orig. US
• WALKER a head foreman, a superintendent ...1952 Amer. dial.
• WALKING BOSS a head foreman, a superintendent ...1868 Amer. dial.
• WANDERING BOSS a head foreman, a superintendent ...1959 Amer. dial.
• YED-BEETLER the head beetler, the head man of a company of beetlers; also, applied figuratively to any foreman or man in charge; a superintendent of a job ...Bk1875 Eng. dial.
 
FOREMOST - adjectives
• FIRST-BEST foremost; in first place ...1858 Amer. dial.
• UP FRONT foremost ...1950s sl.
foremost - adverbs 
• NEEMEST foremost ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
foremost - verbs 
• BEAR THE BELL to take the first place; to have foremost rank or position, to be the best; to excel, to be pre-eminent ...c1374
 
FORENOON - nouns
• YEARE † the forenoon ...1721 Eng. dial.
• YEENDER the forenoon ...c1663 N. Eng. dial.
 
FORENSICS - nouns
• QUACKERY, THE forensic scientists; a forensic science department ...1971 UK police sl.
forensics - person
• LAB HOUND a forensic scientist ...1958 US police usage
• QUACKERY, THE forensic scientists ...1971 UK police sl. 

FOREPLAY - nouns
• BIT OF SLAP AND TICKLE sexual foreplay, necking ...1910s sl.
foreplay - verbs
• GUDDLE to do sexual foreplay; to feel a woman; to rudely grasp a woman's private parts or the breasts ...E19 Brit. sl.
• GUZZLE to indulge in sexual foreplay; to 'neck' ...1930s sl.
 
FORERUNNER - person
• HARBINGER one that goes before and announces the approach of someone; a forerunner ...a1550
• HERALD a person who precedes and announces the approach of another; a forerunner; a precursor ...1597
• VAUNT-COURIER one who goes or is sent out in advance in order to prepare the way or to announce the approach of another; a forerunner; a harbinger, a messenger ...1561
 
FORESEE - verbs
• BEAR IN HAND to conjecture, to think; to foresee; to hold or maintain an opinion ...1863 Eng. dial.
 
FORESHOW - verbs
• HALSEN † to augur, to foreshow by auspices, to prognosticate ...1586
 
FORESIGHT - adjectives
• OMNIPRUDENT † having universal foresight, or exercising universal providence ...1642
• PROSPICIENT †* having foresight, provident ...1654
 
FORESIGHTED - adjectives
• LONG-HEADED discerning, shrewd, foresighted ...1806 Amer. dial.
 
FOREST - nouns
• BOSQUE a forest; a dense growth of trees and underbrush; a clump of trees ...1771 Amer. dial.
• ELFIN FOREST a thicket, a scrub forest ...1955 Amer. dial.
• PINERY a pine forest; a region characterized by pine forests ...1818 Amer. dial.
• PINEY WOODS a region of pine forest ...1791 Amer. dial.
• SKID ROAD a forest track over which logs are dragged ...1880 Amer. logging usage
• VERD † green parts of woods, forest verdure ...1641
• WARD † a part or division of a forest ...1425
forest - person  (includes FORESTER)
• BATILBABY † an officer in forests ...Bk1880
• FERNHOPPER a forester ...1955 Amer. foresters' usage
• NEMOPHILIST * one who is fond of forests or forest scenery; a lover of the woods ...1860
• PAIKIE a day labourer; one employed in forestry ...1911 Sc.
• PYKIE a day labourer; one employed in forestry ...1911 Sc.
• RANGER a forest officer, a gamekeeper ...1455 arch.
• SALTUARY † a forester, a ranger ...1674
• SAVERCOLL a wood-cutter or sawyer, a forester ...1825 Sc.
• VERDER † a verderer; a judicial officer of the forests ...a1625
• VERDERER a judicial officer of the King's forest sworn to maintain and keep the assizes of the forest, and also to view, receive, and enrol the attachments and presentments of all manner of trespasses of the forest, of vert and venison ...1541-2
• VERDIER † a verderer; a judicial officer of the forests ...1611
• VERDOUR †* a judicial officer of the King's forest sworn to maintain and keep the assizes of the forest, and also to view, receive, and enrol the attachments and presentments of all manner of trespasses of the forest, of vert and venison ...1502
• WARDEN OF THE FOREST he who has the principal government of all things belonging to the forest, and the check of all the other officers ...Bk1706

FORESTALL - verbs
• LICK THE FAT FROM THE BEARD OF † to forestall the results of a person's enterprise or industry ...1548
• OBVIATE † to anticipate; to forestall ...1712
 
FORETASTE - nouns
• HANDSEL the first use, experience, trial, proof, or specimen of anything; first taste, foretaste, first fruits; often with the notion of its being auspicious of what is to follow ...1573
• HANSEL the first use, experience, trial, proof, or specimen of anything; first taste, foretaste, first fruits; often with the notion of its being auspicious of what is to follow ...1573
 
FORETELL - verbs
• ABODE † to presage, prognosticate, be ominous of ...1593
• BEFORE-SAY † to predict, to foretell ...1382
• FARSEE to foretell the future ...1944 Amer. dial.
• READ to predict, to foretell ...1790 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• VATICINATE to speak as a prophet or seer; to utter predictions; to foretell events ....1623
 
FORETELLING - nouns
• ABODANCE †* a foretelling, prefiguring, portending, omen ...c1630 obs. rare
• ABODEMENT † a foreboding, presage, or omen ...1593
• HARIOLATION † a foretelling or soothsaying ...1656
 
FORETHOUGHT - nouns
• ADVICE † forethought, prudence, wisdom ...1375
• FAR-CAST † the act of casting one's thoughts to a distance; forethought, shrewdness, cunning ...c1400
• FAR-CASTING † forethought, cunning ...c1400
forethought - person 
• FAR-CASTER † one who exercises forethought ...c1400
 
FOREVER - adjectives & adverbs (also see TIME)
• ALL DAYS † always, forever ...c1000
• EVER AND END forever, continually; for a very long time ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• EVER AND ON forever, continually; for a very long time ...Bk1900 Sc.
• FOR GOOD AND ALWAYS forever ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• FOR KEEPS forever ...1861
• FOREVER AND AMEN forever ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SINCE ADAM WAS A BOY for a long time ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SINCE FANNY WAS A GIRL'S NAME for a long time ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SINCE GOD KNOWS WHEN for a long time ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SINCE GOD WAS A LITTLE BOY for a long time ...1959 Amer. dial.
• SINCE HECK WAS A PUP for a long time ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• 'TILL ALL IS BLUE forever ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• 'TILL HELL FREEZES OVER forever ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• 'TILL LOS ANGELES RIVER WETS ITS BED forever ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• 'TILL THE COW GIVES BEER forever ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• 'TILL THE COWS COME HOME forever ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• WITHOUT TIME † forever, eternally ...a1400
forever - nouns
• DOG'S AGE a long time ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• DONKEY'S YEARS a long time ...Bk1942 Amer. colloq.
 
FOREWARNED - adjectives
• AUND forewarned ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• UNAWARED † not forewarned ...1652
 
FORGE - verbs
• DECEIT †* to construct deceitfully, to forge a document ...1484
• FAKE to counterfeit or forge; hence, to make or shape for a fraudulent or deceptive purpose ...1812 sl., orig. criminals' usage
• FAKE UP to counterfeit or forge; hence, to make or shape for a fraudulent or deceptive purpose; to falsify ...1851 sl., orig. criminals' usage
• FALSE † to counterfeit money; to forge a document ...a1300
• FAUNTLEROY to act as a forger ...E19 US sl.
• PHONEY UP to counterfeit, to forge ...1942 sl., chiefly US
• RAISE to forge cheques ...1940s UK criminals' sl.
• SCRATCH to forge banknotes and other papers ...1859 US sl.
• SHAM ABRAHAM to forge bank paper ...c1778 sl.
 
FORGED - nouns
• GAMMY MONICKER a forged signature ...1851 UK criminals' sl.
• PAPER a forged or useless cheque or other financial instrument ...20C US sl.
• PAPER-HANG the passing of counterfeit money or forged securities ...1976 US sl.
• P.L. a forged personal cheque ...1920s forgers' sl.
• QUEER counterfeit money; forged banknotes or bonds ...1812 sl.
• QUEER SCREENS forged banknotes ...19C UK criminals' sl.
• SILVER BEGGAR a counterfeit banknote or forged document ...M19 sl.
forged - verbs
• PASS PAPER to used forged cheques, stolen credit cards, etc. ...1970s sl.
 
FORGER - person
• BENE-FEAKER OF GYBES a forger of passes and similar documents ...L17 sl.
• BILL-POSTER a forger; one who passes counterfeit currency ...1934 criminals' sl.
• BLACKSMITH a forger ...1906 UK criminals' sl.
• DANDY-MASTER a forger of gold coins; the head of a counterfeiting gang ...1883 criminals' sl.
• FABRICATOR one who frames a false statement or forges a document; a forger ...1795
• FAKER a counterfeiter; a forger ...1612 sl.
• FALSARY † one who forges a document; a forger ...1579
• FALSER † a falsifier, a forger, a counterfeiter ...1340
• FALSE WRITER † a forger ...1580
• LETTER-MONGER † a forger of letters ... 1699 nonce word
• OLD BAILEY UNDERWRITER a forger ...1831 criminals' sl.
• PAPER-HANGER someone who passes forged or fraudulent cheques ...1914 sl., orig. US
• PENMAN a counterfeiter, a forger ...1865 sl.
• RAISER a criminal who specializes in forging increases in the amount payable to an otherwise legitimate cheque or security ...1950 US sl.
• SCRATCHER a counterfeiter; a forger ...1859 sl., orig. US
 
FORGERY - nouns
• FAKEMENT a forgery; a begging letter; a petition ...1839 sl.
• FALSE † fraud, falsehood, treachery; in early use, counterfeiting of coin; forgery ...c1000
• FALSEHOOD † deception, falsification, imposture; a forgery, counterfeit ...1340 obs. or arch.
 
FORGET - verbs
• BEGET to forget ...1746 Eng. dial.
• CHECK (OUT) to forget or ignore something, often deliberately ...1996 UK sl.
• DISRECOLLECT to forget, to fail to remember ...1940 Amer. dial.
• DISREMEMBER to forget, to be unable to remember ...1815
• DRAW A BLANK to forget suddenly ...Bk1995 US sl.
• MADDLE to become confused or bewildered; to forget ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• MISREMEMBER to forget ...1909 Amer. dial.
• OBLIGHT † to forget ...1547
• OBLITE † to forget ...1547
• OBLIVE †* to forget ...c1500
• OBLIVIATE †* to forget, to commit to oblivion ...1661
• SPONGE IT OUT to forget something; to wipe something from one's memory ...L19 US sl.
• TINE to let slip from one's remembrance; to forget ...1513 chiefly Sc. & Eng. dial.
• UNBETHINK to forget ...1825 Eng. dial.
• WANT † to fail to recollect, to forget ...c1381
 
FORGETFUL - adjectives
• BUZZED OUT dreamily or eerily out of touch with reality; disoriented, forgetful, dazed ...1980 Amer. sl.
• ELAPSIVE †* apt to let slip, forgetting, forgetful ...1652
• IMMEMOR †* unmindful, forgetful ...1535 Sc.
• IMMEMORIOUS †* unmindful, forgetful ...1602
• OFF ONE'S KNOW out of one's mind; forgetful from a failing memory ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• SHORT IN ONE'S MIND forgetful ...1908 Amer. dial.
• STUCK OUT lazy, forgetful; deprived ...1970s US prison sl.
forgetful - person
• GARTLE-HEAD † a heedless, forgetful person; a thoughtless person ...1691 Eng. dial.
• GATTLE-HEAD † a forgetful, careless, and thoughtless person ...1691 Eng. dial.
• GUTTLE-HEAD † a heedless, forgetful person; a thoughtless person ...1691 Eng. dial.
• NOODLE a stupid, unthinking, or forgetful person ...Bk1974 Amer. colloq.
• OBLIVIONIST one who holds a theory of, or favours, oblivion; one who forgets ...1658-9
• SIEVE-HEAD a forgetful person ...Brit. sl.
forgetful - verbs
• HAVE A HEAD LIKE A SIEVE to be very forgetful ...1984 sl.

FORGETFULNESS - adjectives
• LETHEAN pert. to or causing oblivion or forgetfulness of the past ...c1645
• LETHY †* causing oblivion or forgetfulness of the past ...1613
forgetfulness - nouns 
• ILL-MINDINGS forgetfulness ...1863 Sc.
• LETHE in Greek mythology: a river in Hades, the water of which produced, in those who drank it, forgetfulness of the past; hence, the 'waters of oblivion' or forgetfulness of the past ...1567
• OBLIVISCENCE the fact of forgetting or state of having forgotten; forgetfulness ...1774
• OBLIVIUM † oblivion; forgetfulness ...1699
• OUBLIANCE † forgetting, forgetfulness, oblivion ...c1477
 
FORGETTABLE - adjectives
• OBLIVISCIBLE able or likely to be forgotten, forgettable ...1905
 
FORGETTING - adjectives
• ELAPSIVE †* apt to let slip, forgetting, forgetful ...1652
 
FORGIVE - verbs
• LOOK OVER to disregard, to forgive, to overlook ...1887 Amer. dial.
 
FORGIVEN - adjectives
• IGNOSCIBLE †* fit to be forgiven or pardoned; tolerable ...1656
 
FORGIVENESS - adjectives
• REMISSIBLE - admitting forgiveness (085A Sheridan)
• VENIAL worthy of pardon, forgiveness, or remission; not grave or heinous; pardonable ...a1300
forgiveness - nouns 
• IGNOSCENCY †* forgiveness; forgiving spirit ...1647
• LESNESS † absolution, redemption, forgiveness of sins ...c950
• VENY † pardon or forgiveness; a request for this; the gesture of kneeling or prostrating oneself as in indication of penitence and desire for pardon ...a1225
 
FORGIVING - adjectives
• ABSOLVATORY pardoning, forgiving; belonging to a discharge or acquittal ...Bk1611
forgiving - verbs 
• MAKE A BIG FELLER OF ONESELF to give the impression that one is generous or forgiving ...c1945 Aust. sl.

FORGOTTEN - for a thing whose name is forgotten, see THING and/or NAMELESS
 
FORGOTTEN - adjectives
• BLOTTO absolutely forgotten ...1930s sl., orig. US
• DEAD of people: forgotten ...M19 US Black sl.
• DILLING passing from memory, being forgotten ...Bk1900 Sc.
• OBLIVISCIBLE able or likely to be forgotten, forgettable ...1905
• UNBETHOUGHT forgotten ...1874 Eng. dial.
forgotten - nouns 
• ANCIENT HISTORY something completely forgotten, esp. past romances ...Amer. sl.
• OBLIVISCENCE the fact of forgetting or state of having forgotten; forgetfulness ...1774
forgotten - person  (also see UNKNOWN)
• ANCIENT HISTORY someone completely forgotten, esp. past romances ...Amer. sl.
• DINGLEFUZZY used in place of a person's name which has been forgotten ...1975 US sl.
• GISMO, GIZMO anyone with an unknown or forgotten name ...World War II Amer. sl.
• MR. DOOZANBERRY a man whose name is unknown ...1914 Amer. dial.
• SAM a name used when someone's proper name has been forgotten, esp. used of women ...1952 sl.
• THING-A-MERRY a person whose name is forgotten or unknown ...1818 sl.
• THING-A-ME-TOY a word used when the name of the person or thing referred to is forgotten or unknown; a curious article, especially one of unknown use and little value; a person of small account ...1865 Eng. dial.
• THINGUM a thing or person whose name the speaker cannot recall, does not know, or is reluctant to speak ...1824 Amer. dial.
• THINGUMYDOOCHY a person whose name is not known or cannot for the moment be recalled ...1914 Amer. dial.
• WHAT-D'YE-CALL'EM anyone for whom one cannot provide the name ...L16 sl.
• WHAT'S-HER-NAME a substitute for a woman's name that is not known or remembered ...1816 sl.
• WHAT'S-HIS-NAME a substitute for a man's name that is not known or remembered ...1697 sl.
• WHATSIS any gadget or a name used for an object or person when the correct name is forgotten or to be avoided ...19C US sl.
• WHATSISFACE a substitute for a man's name that is not known or remembered ...1967 sl., orig. & chiefly US
• WHATSIT someone whose name is not known or remembered ...1898 sl.
• WHAT'S-YOUR-NAME used in addressing a person whose name is not known or remembered ...1757 sl.
• WHATZISFACE a substitute for a man's name that is not known or remembered ...1967 sl., orig. & chiefly US
• WHATZIT any gadget or a name used for an object or person when the correct name is forgotten or to be avoided ...19C US sl
• WHAZZIT any gadget or a name used for an object or person when the correct name is forgotten or to be avoided ...19C US sl.
• WHOOSIS someone whose name is not known or remembered ...1923 sl.
• WHOOSIT, WHOOZIT someone whose name is not known or remembered ...1948 sl.
• WHOSIS someone whose name is not known or remembered ...1923 sl.
• WHOSIT, WHOZIIE someone whose name is not known or remembered ...1948 sl.
• WHOZITS a name for an object or person whose name is forgotten ...M20 US sl.
• WOSSNAME a person whose name is not known, forgotten, etc. ...20C sl.
forgotten - verbs
• FALL BETWEEN THE CRACKS to be ignored, overlooked, mismanaged, or forgotten, esp. because of ambiguity in definition or understanding ...1970s Amer. sl.
• GO OUT OF HEAD to be forgotten ...1877 Sc.
• SLIP BETWEEN THE CRACKS to be ignored, overlooked, mismanaged, or forgotten, esp. because of ambiguity in definition or understanding ...1970s Amer. sl.
 
FORGIVEN - adjectives
• VENIAL easily forgiven excused or forgiven ...13C 
 
FORK - nouns
• DUKE OF YORK a fork ...1992 UK rhyming sl.
• FANG the prong of a fork of any kind ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• FANGLES the prongs of a fork ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• SILVER FORK a wooden skewer used as a chopstick when forks were scarce ...1870 Winchester usage
• TANG a sharp point or spike; the pin of a buckle; one of the prongs of a fork; a prong or tine of a stag's horn ...1688 Eng. dial.
• TINE the prong of a fork; the point of any implement ...1818 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• TING the prong of a fork; a 'tine' ...1777 Eng. dial.
 
FORLORN - adjectives
• BESTEAD circumstanced, situated, generally in an evil sense; hence, destitute, forlorn; overcome, oppressed ...1790 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• LIKE A DYING DUCK IN A THUNDERSTORM cast down in spirit; very down in the mouth; having a forlorn and hopeless expression; depressed, dejected ...1874
• LIKE A SHAG ON A ROCK forlorn, lonely ...1929 Aust. colloq.
• WAFF of persons and places: forlorn, melancholy; solitary, said of one who is in a strange place where he has not a single acquaintance ...1724 Sc.

FORM - adjectives  (includes FORMED)
• EFFORMATIVE † formative, tending to form ...1647
• FASHIONATIVE † tending to fashion or form, shaping ...a1693
• MANIFORM multiform; existing in many forms or kinds ...1835
• OMNIFORM of all forms or shapes; taking any or every form ...1647
• OMNIFORMAL of all forms or shapes; taking any or every form ...1839
• PANTOMORPHIC assuming any or all forms or shapes ...1836
• VARIFORMED † variously formed or shaped; varied or different in form ...1578
form - nouns
• BLEE † appearance, form ...a1000
• FACK make, shape, form ...1914 Sc.
• FASURE † fashion, form ...a1300
• FEATURE 1. † make, form, fashion, shape; proportions, esp. of the body; a particular example of this ...c1325 obs. exc. arch.
2. † good form or shape; comeliness ...1594
• MAKEDOM † form, shape; esp. elegant form, shapeliness, comeliness ...c1470 Sc.
• OMNIFORMITY the being of all forms ...1644
• ORDER † form, shape as resulting from arrangement ...1578
• PANTOMORPH that which takes any or all form or shapes ...1841
• VARIFORMITY * variety or diversity of form ...1702
 
FORMAL - adjectives
• BUTTON-DOWN having or characteristic of a conventional or conservative attitude or appearance; staid, formal, repressed ...1959 US
• BUTTONED-DOWN having or characteristic of a conventional or conservative attitude or appearance; staid, formal, repressed ...1960 US
• BUTTONED UP reluctant to reveal emotion or to express thoughts freely; reserved, inhibited, or formal in manner or disposition; repressed prim ...1767
• FASHIONABLE † pert. to outward form or ceremony; merely formal ...1614
• FASHIONAL † pertaining to outward form or ceremony; merely formal ...1617
• FASHIONARY †* formal ...a1640
• OFFICIOUS † pert. to an office or business, official;  hence, formal ...1610
• STODGY excessively formal and conventional
formal - person 
• MRS. PRINCUM PRANCUM a nice, precise, formal madam ...B1900
formal - verbs 
• ALLEMAND † to conduct in a formal and courtly style ...1821 Eng. dial.
• BUTTON UP to behave in a formal, reserved manner; to remain silent ...1872 colloq.
• PEEL EGGS to stand on ceremony; to behave in a formal way ...c1860 sl.
 
FORMALITY - nouns
• FASHIONABLENESS † superficiality, formality ...1608-11
• PANJANDRUM official and ceremonial fuss or formality ...1883
 
FORMATION - nouns
• EFFECTION † fabrication, formation, production ...1430
• EFFORMATION † formation, framing, shaping ...1578
 
FORMED - adjectives
• EDIFICATE † built up, constructed, formed, instituted, arranged ...c1470
• FASHIONATE 1. † fashioned or formed after an image or model, that is a copy ...1593
2. †* well formed, perfect ...1593
• YFORMED † formed; informed ...1297
 
FORMER - adjectives
• PULLED UP former ...1972 US sl.
• QUONDAM that formerly was or existed ...1586
• RATHERMORE †* earlier, former ...1382
• UMQUHILE † former, late; of persons: now deceased ...1431
• UMWHILE † former, late; of persons: now deceased ...1431
former - adverbs 
• ABEFOIR of before, of former times ...1609 Sc.
• A-BEFORE of before, of former times ...1609 Sc.
 
FORMERLY - adverbs
• ALREADY YET formerly; before ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• BACK-ALONG of time: back; formerly; in the past; recently; a little while ago ...1880 Eng. & Amer. dial.
• BACK IN THE DAY(S) formerly; long ago ...1988 US sl.
• BEFORETIMES † formerly, previously ...a1555
• BEFORMERLY formerly; before ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• ONCE IN A DAY formerly ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• ONE-WHILE once, formerly ...1906 Amer. dial.
• OR † at a former time, on a former occasion; formerly, before ...c1205
• QUONDAM * at one time, formerly, heretofore ...1537
• QUONDAMLY formerly ...1814
• UMQUHILE at one time, at some previous time; formerly ...c1375 arch.
• UMWHILE at one time, at some previous time; formerly ...c1375 arch.
 
FORMIDABLE - adjectives
• ADOUBTED † dreaded; formidable ...c1314
• BAD of persons: very tough; pugnacious; formidable; hence, formidably skilled ...1855 Amer. sl., esp. Black usage
• MAJOR-LEAGUE impressive; formidable; significant; hence, a notable degree or amount of ...1941 Amer. sl.
• MONSTA formidable; excellent ...1999 US sl.
• MONSTER excellent, very good; impressive, large, big, formidable ...1953 US sl., orig. Black usage
• NASTY formidable ...sl.
• RANK † stout and strong; formidable ...c1122 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
formidable - nouns
• BITCH something regarded as outstanding of its kind, esp. in unpleasantness; something difficult or formidable ...1964 Amer. dial.
• HELL-BENDER something that is especially formidable, aggressive, or courageous ...1812 Amer. sl.
• HELL ON WHEELS anything regarded as a nasty, formidable, violent, or impressive situation or event ...1927 Amer. dial.
• HELL UPON WHEELS anything regarded as a nasty, formidable, violent, or impressive situation or event ...1843 Amer. dial.
• LIGHTNING STRIKER a formidable or impressive thing ...1867 US sl.
formidable - person
• BATTERING RAM a formidable (older) woman; a quarrelsome, unattractive, old, or domineering person ...1930 US sl.
• BATTLE-AX(E) a formidable, quarrelsome, unattractive, or domineering woman ...1896 colloq., orig. US
• BATTLE-CRUISER a tough, aggressive, formidable older woman ...1957 sl.
• BATTLER a formidable or domineering woman ...1900 sl.
• BRAINGER a formidable foe ...Bk1911 Sc.
• CHAIN LIGHTNING a person who is extremely adept or formidable ...1891 US sl.
• FRIGGER a person, esp. a man, who is despicable, wretched, formidable, etc. ...1953 US sl.
• FUCKER a person, esp. a man, who is despicable, wretched, formidable, or contemptible ...a1890 sl.
• HAIRY DOG a violent, dangerous, or formidable fellow ...1967 US West. sl.
• HAIRY WOLF a violent, dangerous, or formidable fellow ...1926 US West. sl.
• HARD NUT someone who is difficult to deal with or hard to beat; a formidable person ...1848
• HARD NUT TO CRACK a difficult person to work out, become familiar with, or try to convince; an obstinate or formidable person ...Bk1988 sl
• HELL a formidable or astonishing person ...1893 US sl.
• HELL-BENDER someone that is especially formidable, aggressive, or courageous ...1812 Amer. sl.
• HELL-BENDING FOOL a formidable, outrageous person; a daredevil fellow  ...1909 US sl.
• HELLER a difficult, formidable, extraordinary, exciting, unmanageable, or troublesome person ...1895 colloq., orig. & chiefly US
• HORSE a strong or athletic fellow; hence, a person who is formidable, admirable, unequalled, extremely capable, etc.; a good fellow ...1808 Amer. sl.
• HOSS a strong or athletic fellow; hence, a person who is formidable, admirable, unequalled, extremely capable, etc.; a good fellow ...1845 Amer. sl.
• MOTHERFUCKER a formidable, strong, or otherwise admirable person ...1958 chiefly US Black usage
formidable - verbs
• CATCH A TARTAR to get hold of one who can neither be controlled nor got quit of; to tackle one unexpectedly proves to be too formidable ...1663 

FORMIDABLENESS - nouns
• FEAR † a capability of inspiring fear, formidableness ...1601