Fonned

Part of speech: verb, adjective

Definitions

1. An archaic past form meaning that someone behaved foolishly or was made to look like a fool
2. Described an old-fashioned way of saying that a person acted in a silly or foolish manner
3. Was foolish or was duped, used as a long-obsolete past form of a verb meaning to play the fool

Etymology: "Fonned" is the past tense and past participle of "fon," a dialect verb meaning to act foolishly or to be silly, and it is a form that has survived mainly in Scottish and northern English speech. The verb descends from Middle English "fonnen," whose origin is uncertain; it may be related to Scandinavian words for foolishness, but the evidence is not conclusive.