foe
noun
- unit of energy
- enemy
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”)).
- 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
- Initialism of Friends of the Earth.
- Initialism of Fraternal Order of Eagles.
noun
- Initialism of freedom of expression.
- Initialism of forces of evil.