funge

English

Etymology

From Old French *funge, from Latin fungus.

Noun

funge (plural funges)

  1. (obsolete) A fungus.
  2. (obsolete) A fool or simpleton.
    • 1621, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], The Anatomy of Melancholy, Oxford: Printed by Iohn Lichfield and Iames Short, for Henry Cripps, OCLC 216894069; The Anatomy of Melancholy: […], 2nd corrected and augmented edition, Oxford: Printed by John Lichfield and James Short, for Henry Cripps, 1624, OCLC 54573970, (please specify |partition=1, 2, or 3):
      , II.3.2:
      Be not ashamed of thy birth then, thou art a gentleman all the world over, and shalt be honoured, whenas he, strip him of his fine clothes, dispossess him of his wealth, is a funge […]

Anagrams

Danish

Verb

funge

  1. Alternative form of funke

Conjugation

References

Italian

Verb

funge

  1. third-person singular present indicative of fungere

Latin

Noun

funge

  1. vocative singular of fungus

Spanish

Verb

funge

  1. Formal second-person singular (usted) present indicative form of fungir.
  2. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present indicative form of fungir.
  3. Informal second-person singular (tú) affirmative imperative form of fungir.
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