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† ˈfopper Obs.
[? f. fop v. + -er1; cf. Ger. fopper, hoaxer, quizzer.]
1. = fop n. 1.
1598Florio, Tentennone..a fopper, a fool.
2. ? A hoaxer, a buffoon.
1659Torriano, Fiappatore, a flapper, a fopper. 1719D'Urfey Pills V. 349 Kept Foppers..Pit-Plyers be still.
So ˈfopperishness, foolishness; † ˈfopperly a., silly, foolish.
1599Nashe Lenten Stuffe 41 Their fopperly god is not so good as a red herring. 1683Tryon Way to Health Pref., The fopperishness of those things I speak against. |