foothot

English

Etymology

From Middle English fot hot; equivalent to foot + hot.

Adverb

foothot (comparative more foothot, superlative most foothot)

  1. (obsolete) Without stopping or slowing down; immediately, at once.
    • 1485, Sir Thomas Malory, chapter xxviij, in Le Morte Darthur, book IX:
      Thenne there came two knyȝtes of Northgales / that one hyghte Hewe de la montayne / and the other syr Madok de la montayne / & they chalengyd sire launcelot foote hote / Syr Launcelot not refusyng hem but made hym redy

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