fundie
English
Alternative forms
Etymology
Clipping of fundamentalist + -ie.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈfʌn.di/
Audio (AU) (file) - Rhymes: -ʌndi
Noun
fundie (plural fundies)
- (derogatory, slang) A fundamentalist Christian.
- Some fundies are picketing at the capitol.
- (by extension, derogatory, slang) A religious fundamentalist of any faith.
- He's a Jewish fundie, keeps everything really kosher.
Middle English
Alternative forms
Etymology
Old English ġefyndiġ (“capable”), equivalent of finden + -y.
Adjective
fundie
- Understandable, effective
- 1225, Trinity Homilies:
- And giue us swo findige speche þat þe fewe word þe we on ure bede seien be cuðe alle halegen.
And give us such apt speech that the few words that we say in our prayers be worthy to the All Holy.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- capable, able
References
- “findi, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 21 June 2018.
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