What (who) is footle - definition
footle
['fu:t(?)l]
¦ verb chiefly Brit. engage in fruitless activity; mess about.
Origin
C19: perh. from dialect footer 'idle, potter about', from C16 foutre 'worthless thing', from OFr., lit. 'have sexual intercourse with'.
footle
To briefly investigate or examine.
From archaeology, when a trowel is used to quickly dig a small portion of a deposit to determine its nature and likely origin
I don't know if this is a refuse pit or not. Let me just have a quick footle.
From archaeology, when a trowel is used to quickly dig a small portion of a deposit to determine its nature and likely origin
I don't know if this is a refuse pit or not. Let me just have a quick footle.
footling
['fu:tl??]
¦ adjective trivial and irritating.
