fúx
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See also: Fux
Icelandic
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Danish fuks (“poor/underachieving student”), from German Fuchs, Fux (“new student, fresher”), older also Feix, Feits, probably from archaic Feist (“fart”), from Middle High German vīst; see feist.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]fúx m (genitive singular fúx, nominative plural fúxar)
- underachiever
- 1958, Árdís[1], number 26, page 25:
- Dúxinn hefur öllu að tapa en fúxinn allt að vinna.
- The overachiever has everything to lose but the underachiever everything to gain.
Declension
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[edit]Antonyms
[edit]- dúx m
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