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单词 foolosopher
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foolosophern.

Brit. /fuːˈlɒsəfə/, U.S. /fuˈlɑs(ə)fər/
Forms: 1500s foolelosopher, 1600s fooleosopher, 1600s 1800s– foolosopher.
Origin: A variant or alteration of another lexical item; originally modelled on a Greek lexical item. Etymon: philosopher n.
Etymology: Alteration of philosopher n. after fool n.1, originally translating Hellenistic Greek μωρόσοϕος morosoph n. (in Erasmus). Compare later foolosophy n.
humorous.
A person who makes spurious, ridiculous, or trivial statements as if they were profound or philosophical; a pseudo-philosopher. Also: a foolish person who is thought to be wise by others.
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foolosopher1549
philosophaster1611
pseudo-philosopher1749
philosophling1815
plausible1831
philosophunculist1840
pseudosopher1843
1549 T. Chaloner tr. Erasmus Praise of Folie sig. A*iii Suche men..that in deede are archdoltes, and woulde be taken yet for sages and philosophers, maie I not aptelie calle theim foolelosophers [L. iure optimo μωροσόϕους illos appellabimus].
c1600 Timon (1980) v. v. 86 What stand yee idle my fooleosophers?
1870 Fun 1 Jan. 174/2 In the eyes of the true foolosopher broken bottles and bubble companies are one.
1920 Concordiensis (Schenectady, N.Y.) 10 Apr. 3/5 That foolosopher who first remarked, ‘Beer is liquor food,’ should have added, ‘And a chaw of terbaccer is solid milk.’
1999 E. Stewart Jesus Holy Fool Introd. 7 Battered and bruised, he hung between heaven and earth, a naked ‘foolosopher’ whose fool's errand had led him to a fool's paradise.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2020; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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