foumart

English

Alternative forms

• foulmart, fullmart

Etymology

From Middle English fulmard, from Old English fūl (“foul”) + mearþ (“marten”), in reference to its offensive smell.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfuːmə(ɹ)t/, /ˈfuːmɑː(ɹ)t/

Noun

foumart (plural foumarts)

1. (chiefly Scotland) A European polecat; a member of the Mustelidae family.

Further reading

• “foumart”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
• William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “foumart”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.

Anagrams

• farm out, farmout