单词 | foolship |
释义 | foolshipn. Now rare. 1. With possessive adjective, as in your foolship, his foolship, etc.: a mock title of respect for a foolish person or jester. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > stupid, foolish, or inadequate person > foolish person, fool > [noun] > title foolship1610 fopship1680 1610 D. Owen Herod & Pilate Reconciled vi. 33 Let thy great fooleship know, that [etc.]. 1663 A. Cowley Cutter of Coleman-St. iv. vi. 47 The Law will allow her honorable Alimony out o' your Foolship's Fortune. 1746 Fool (1748) I. 171 My Foolship cannot talk like other People. 1770 P. Hiffernan Dramatic Genius i. 33 Attic salt, and brilliancy of phrase, That often puts his Foolship in a maze. 1880 Boys of Eng. 6 Aug. 210/3 ‘Now, dost see yon fool with the red nose?’ he said. ‘Your foolship's brother the red one?’ 1986 A. Davidson in Amazing Stories July 148 What did His Foolship think of these trifling trifles? ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pleasure > laughter > causing laughter > [noun] > jest or pleasantry > one who jests or jokes > professional > office of foolship1612 jestership1858 1612 J. Taylor Laugh & be Fat 5 Rather then for fooleship we will brawle, You shall be foole in Court, on Thames and all. 1841 Punch 13 Nov. 214/1 He is a near relative of Gog and Magog, and therefore best entitled to the Civic Foolship. 1894 Spectator 1 Dec. 757/1 After much laughter, some money was given to the candidate for the Foolship, and he was ordered not to apply again for the twelve months to come. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2020; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1610 |
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