"funge" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: funges [plural]
Etymology: From Old French *funge, from Latin fungus. Etymology templates: {{uder|en|fro||*funge}} Old French *funge, {{uder|en|la|fungus}} Latin fungus Head templates: {{en-noun}} funge (plural funges)
  1. (obsolete) A fungus. Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-funge-en-noun-XSHQNy-z Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English undefined derivations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 81 19 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 93 7
  2. (obsolete) A fool or simpleton. Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-funge-en-noun-82E-Fd83

Inflected forms

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