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10 Language-to-English Dictionariesfou
Pronunciation / Transliteration: /fu/
"Il conduit comme un fou."
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An eccentric or insane person.
"He's an absolute nutcase who thinks the government is controlled by aliens."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
The term combines 'nut' (slang for an eccentric or insane person, dating back to the late 19th century) and 'case' (in the sense of a clinical or curious subject or instance). Emerging in mid-20th-century informal English, it shifted from psychiatric slang into general colloquial usage to denote an unstable or wildly eccentric individual.
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fou
Transliteration: /fu/
"Il conduit comme un fou."
Verrückter
Transliteration: /fɛɐ̯ˈʁʏktɐ/
"Dieser Typ ist ein kompletter Verrückter."
folle
Transliteration: /ˈfɔl.le/
"Quell'uomo è un folle."
chiflado
Transliteration: /tʃiˈfla.ðo/
"Ese tipo está completamente chiflado."
maluco
Transliteration: /maˈlu.ku/
"Ele é um maluco completo."
पागल
Transliteration: pagal
"वह आदमी पूरी तरह से पागल है।"
疯子
Transliteration: fēng zi
"他简直是个疯子。"
돌아이
Transliteration: dorai
"저 사람은 정말 돌아이 같아요."
変人
Transliteration: henjin
"彼はちょっとした変人だ。"
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