单词 | foolosophy |
释义 | foolosophyn. humorous. Sham or spurious philosophy; pseudo-philosophy. Also in plural in same sense. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > [noun] > pseudo-philosophy foolosophy1592 night-philosophy1677 pseudo-philosophya1817 pseudosophy1839 philosophastry1850 philosophistry1880 1592 ‘C. Cony-Catcher’ Def. Conny-catching To Rdr. sig. A3 That quaint and mysticall forme of Foolosophie. 1617 S. Collins Epphata to F. T. ii. vi. §23. 241 Fine phoolosophyes. 1696 R. Godson Astrologia Reformata 12 That fanciful Foolosophy now so much in vogue. 1785 Sentimental Mem. I. 197 If the Philosophy of Love is the shadow of a shadow, what must the Foolosophy of it be! 1871 Fun 18 Feb. 75/1 Say, O swaggering stoopid big babes and cigar-sucklings, shall our bells jingle their Proverbial Foolosophy for you in vain? 1907 Putnam's Monthly May 188/1 ‘Man is truly handicapped by reason.’ Doubtless, when it comes to this kind of ‘Foolosophy’. 2005 Law & Lit. 17 304 Seen from the inside, the laughter of the satirists appears mad, not Augustinian vera philosophia but simple foolosophy. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2020; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1592 |
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