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foe

noun

  1. unit of energy
  2. enemy
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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /fəʊ/ / /foʊ/

adj

Etymology: From Middle English fo (“foe; hostile”), from earlier yfoh, yvo, ifa (“foe”), from Old English ġefāh (“enemy”), from fāh (“hostile”), from Proto-West Germanic *faih, from Proto-Germanic *faihaz (compare Old Frisian fāch (“punishable”), Middle High German gevēch (“feuder”)), from Proto-Indo-European *peyk/ḱ- (“to hate, be hostile”) (compare Middle Irish óech (“enemy, fiend”), Lithuanian pi̇̀ktas (“evil”)).

  1. Hostile.

    he, I say, could passe into Affrike onely with two simple ships or small barkes, to commit himselfe in a strange and foe countrie, to engage his person, under the power of a barbarous King […].

name

  1. Initialism of Friends of the Earth.
  2. Initialism of Fraternal Order of Eagles.

noun

  1. Initialism of freedom of expression.
  2. Initialism of forces of evil.