Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

any fule kno

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 1.41 in modern English

Syllables: any -fule -kno
IPA

20

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

phrase

Any fool knows; it is well known.

Humorous

Example Sentences

"The Manoir is expensive, any fule kno that. But there is little point, judging from reports, in worrying what else you might have done with the £25 charged for a first course of wild salmon and caviare."
"Mow Cop is in Cheshire as any fule kno, but in the great tradition of smaller copies of greater buildings (vide Corris, Blackpool, Lichfield, Kiparrissia) there is a model sham ruin inspired by [it][…]"
"Aside from the observation that, as any fule kno, rockets launch satellites, but themselves fall to earth, one wonders why this was ever considered to be helpful."

Etymology

From as any fule kno (misspelled form of as any fool knows), a catchphrase of fictional schoolboy Nigel Molesworth, subject of a series of books by Geoffrey Willans.

Usage

Humorous

Questions

What does any fule kno mean?: Any fool knows; it is well known.
Where does any fule kno come from?: From as any fule kno (misspelled form of as any fool knows), a catchphrase of fictional schoolboy Nigel Molesworth, subject of a series of books by Geoffrey Willans.

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