† foliousadj.1
rare.
Foolish.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > foolishness, folly > [adjective]
dizzyc825
unwisec825
redelessOE
unwittyc1000
daftlikec1175
witlessc1175
canga1225
adoted?c1225
cangun?c1225
egedec1225
cangeda1250
foola1250
snepea1250
aerwittec1275
sotlyc1275
unslyc1275
unwitterc1275
unwilya1300
nicec1300
goosishc1374
unskilfulc1374
follyc1380
lewdc1380
mis-feelinga1382
dottlec1390
foltedc1390
peevishc1400
fona1425
fonnishc1425
foliousa1450
foolisha1450
daft?c1450
doitedc1450
dotyc1450
daffish1470
insapientc1470
gucked?a1500
wanwittya1500
furious1526
insipient1528
seelya1529
dawish?1529
foolage1545
momish1546
base-wittedc1547
stultitiousa1549
follifulc1550
senseless1565
mopish1568
fondish1579
unsensiblea1586
fondly1587
dizzardly1594
follial1596
featlessc1598
fopperly1599
gowkeda1605
inept1604
simple1604
anserine1607
foppish1608
silly ass1608
unsage1608
wisdomless1608
fool-beggeda1616
Gotham1621
noddy1645
badot1653
dosser-headed1655
infrunite1657
nonsensicalc1661
slight1663
sappy1670
datelessa1686
noddy-peaked1694
nizy1709
dottled1772
gypit1804
shay-brained1806
folly-stricken1807
fool-like1811
goosy1811
spoony1813
niddle-noddle1821
gumptionless1823
daftish1825
anserous1826
as crazy as a loon1830
spoonish1833
cheese-headed1836
dotty1860
fool-fool1868
noodly1870
dilly1873
gormless1883
daffy1884
monkey-doodle1886
mosy1887
jay1891
pithecanthropic1897
peanut-headed1906
dinlo1907
boob1911
goofy1921
ding-a-ling1935
jerky1944
jerk1947
jerkish1948
pointy-headed1950
doofus1967
twitty1967
twittish1969
nerkish1975
numpty1992
a1450 Knt. de la Tour (1868) 58 For the whiche folyus dede, there is falle so moche sorw.
a1450 Knt. de la Tour (1868) 83 Thorughe the said folious loue he toke her unto his wiff.
Derivatives
ˈfoliously adv.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > foolishness, folly > [adverb]
unwiselyc897
dizzilyc1175
folly?c1225
canglichec1230
mazedlya1250
follilyc1330
unskilfully1340
unwittily1362
lewdlyc1380
nicelya1387
fondlya1450
nicea1450
foolishlyc1450
foliously1481
ineptly1523
peevishly?1529
simply1535
insipiently1536
senselessly1561
fonly1579
sillilyc1598
perperously1657
insipidly1699
daftly1724
silly1731
stupid?1757
dawkinly1763
fool-like1800
unsagely1801
spoonily1861
assishly1863
ill-advisedly1879
1481 W. Caxton Tulle of Old Age G iv/1 The yong man hopeth foliously, if by cause of his yong age he wenith to live long.
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foliousadj.2
/ˈfəʊlɪəs/ a. Abounding in, or of the nature of, leaves; leafy, foliose.
ΘΚΠ
the world > plants > part of plant > leaf > [adjective]
leafy1629
folious1658
frondose1721
herbaceous1785
foliaceous1816
foliar1875
folial1878
phyllomic1886
the world > plants > part of plant > leaf > plant defined by leaves > [adjective]
in (full) leafOE
leavedc1300
leavy?1440
leafya1522
leavish1530
leafed1552
fronded1640
folious1658
foliaceous1676
frondent1677
furnished1712
foliose1727
leaf-strewn1730
foliaged1816
foliiferous1828
frondous1828
frondiparous1866
1658 Sir T. Browne Garden of Cyrus iii, in Hydriotaphia: Urne-buriall 135 The folious and stalky emission distinguisheth herbs and trees.
a1682 Sir T. Browne Christian Morals (1716) ii. 50 To obtrude them [sc. assertions] as Sibyls leaves, which after considerations may find to be but folious apparences, and not the central and vital interiours of Truth.
b. (See quot. 1828.)
ΚΠ
1828 N. Webster Amer. Dict. Eng. Lang. Folious, having leaves intermixed with flowers.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online December 2019).
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