forhoo

transitive verb

for·​hoo

fərˈhü

variants or forhooie

-ˈhü‧ē

Scottish

: to forsake or abandon

Word History

Etymology

Middle English forhowen, forhohien to despise, reject, abandon, from Old English forhogian (akin to Old Saxon farhuggian to despise, Old High German farhuggen), from for- + hogian to care for, think about; akin to Old English hycgan to think, consider, understand

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