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fudge

/ˈfʌdʒ/FUHJ
/ˈfʌdʒ/FUHJ

Meaningbegone!

Common meaning: nonsense!

Other meanings: a soft sugary sweet

Journey through time

  1. Low Germanfutsch‘begone!’source
  2. Provincial Frenchmeaning shiftsbegone! → a cry of contemptfuche‘a cry of contempt’source
  3. Englishmeaning shiftsa cry of contempt → nonsense!fudge‘nonsense!’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
  • No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.

Origin: Built on Low German futsch ‘begone!’.

Did you know: our wording, based on Skeat, Etymological Dictionary (1898), entry FUDGE, p. 222 · dictionary scan

Roots

  • futsch Low German “begone!”

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