The things Mr. Morris observed…prove to be quite astonishing and not nearly as footling as the cynical may expect (Atlantic).
Useful english dictionary. 2012.
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footling — /foot ling/, adj. Informal. 1. foolish; silly: ridiculous, footling remarks. 2. trifling or useless. [1895 1900; FOOTLE + ING2] * * * … Universalium
footling — foot•ling [[t]ˈfʊt lɪŋ[/t]] adj. Informal. 1) foolish; silly: a footling amateur[/ex] 2) trifling; trivial: a footling remark[/ex] • Etymology: 1895–1900; footle+ ing … From formal English to slang
footling — foot ling adj. small and of little importance; as, a footling gesture. Syn: fiddling, lilliputian, little, niggling, paltry, petty, piddling, picayune, small, trivial. [WordNet 1.5] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Lincoln — /ling keuhn/, n. 1. Abraham, 1809 65, 16th president of the U.S. 1861 65. 2. Benjamin, 1733 1810, American Revolutionary general. 3. a city in and the capital of Nebraska, in the SE part. 171,932. 4. a city in Lincolnshire, in E central England.… … Universalium
basic vocabulary — Ling. the set of lexical items in a language that are most resistant to replacement, referring to the most common and universal elements of human experience, such as parts of the body (foot, eye), universal features of the environment (water,… … Universalium
linguistics — /ling gwis tiks/, n. (used with a sing. v.) the science of language, including phonetics, phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics, pragmatics, and historical linguistics. [1850 55; see LINGUISTIC, ICS] * * * Study of the nature and structure of… … Universalium
