单词 | foolosopher |
释义 | foolosophern. 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. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > philosopher > [noun] > pseudo-philosopher 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). < n.1549 |
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