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foolosopher humorous.|fuːˈlɒsəfə(r)|
Also 6 foolelosopher, 7 fooleosopher.
[perversion of philosopher, after fool n.1, imitating Gr. µωρόσοϕος used by Erasmus.]
A foolish pretender to philosophy.
1549Chaloner Erasm. Moriæ Enc. A iij, Suche men..that in deede are archdoltes, and woulde be taken yet for sages and philosophers, maie I not aptely calle theim foolelosophers. c1600Timon v. v. (1842) 94 What, stand yee idle, my fooleosophers [printed foolc-]? 1694Echard Plautus 197 A fine foolosopher!
So fooˈlosophy, foolish pretence of philosophy.
1592Greene Def. Conny Catch. To Rdr. Wks. (Grosart) XI. 43 That quaint and mysticall forme of Foolosophie. 1617S. Collins Def. Bp. Ely ii. vi. §23. 241 Fine phoolosophyes. |