fordo

== English == === Alternative forms === foredo === Etymology === From Middle English fordon, from Old English fordōn (“to undo, bring to naught, ruin, destroy, abolish, kill, corrupt, seduce, defile”), from Proto-West Germanic *fradōn (“to ruin, destroy”), equivalent to for- +‎ do. Cognate with Saterland Frisian ferdwo (“to waste, consume”), West Frisian ferdwaan (“to waste”), Dutch verdoen (“to kill, waste”), German Low German verdoon (“to waste, consume”), German vertun (“to waste, spend, consume”). === Pronunciation === (UK) IPA(key): /fɔː(ɹ)ˈduː/ Rhymes: -uː === Verb === fordo (third-person singular simple present fordoes, present participle fordoing, simple past fordid, past participle fordone) (obsolete) To kill, destroy. (obsolete) To annul, abolish, cancel. (archaic) To do away with, undo; to ruin. 1900, John Mandeville, The Travels of Sir John Mandeville (version in modern spelling) And yet there is at Alexandria a fair church, all white without paintures; and so be all the other churches that were of the Christian men, all white within, for the Paynims and the Saracens made them white for to fordo the images of saints that were painted on the walls. (archaic) To overcome with fatigue; to exhaust. ==== Quotations ==== For quotations using this term, see Citations:foredo. === Anagrams === Frood, Foord, Frodo, do for, frood == Old English == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /forˈdoː/ === Verb === fordō inflection of fordōn: first-person singular present indicative singular present subjunctive singular imperative == Portuguese == === Pronunciation === Hyphenation: for‧do === Etymology 1 === Blend of forte (“strong”) + gordo (“fat, chubby”). ==== Noun ==== fordo m (plural fordos, feminine forda, feminine plural fordas) (informal) someone who is both strong/athletic and chubby; a strong or athletic person with high body fat. === Etymology 2 === From Latin *fordus. ==== Adjective ==== fordo (feminine forda, masculine plural fordos, feminine plural fordas) full; pregnant === References === === Further reading === “fordo”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “fordo”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026