E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
Fou Drunk.
“Wilbraham has foudrunk”—i.e. is despicably drunk, dead drunk. French, fou, “mad,” as fouenragé; or simply fu’, i.e. “full,” “intensive,” as in full-oft, “full-well ye reject the commandment of God’ (Mark vii. 9).
