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单词 foppery
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fopperyn.

Brit. /ˈfɒp(ə)ri/, U.S. /ˈfɑpəri/
Etymology: < fop n., fop v. + -ery suffix; compare German fopperei, Dutch fopperij, hoaxing.
1.
a. Foolishness, imbecility, stupidity, folly. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > foolishness, folly > [noun]
unwisdomc825
unredeeOE
egedec1175
unwitc1175
unwisdomnessa1200
dusileca1225
dusischipa1225
folly?c1225
kangschipe?c1225
unwitshipa1250
unwisenessa1340
cornardy1340
unwithead1340
lewdness1362
nicetyc1380
sotie1390
folitya1400
follinessa1400
foolheada1400
insipiencec1422
fondnessa1425
wanwita1425
cocardyc1430
foltry1440
jopperyc1440
folliheada1450
fonning?a1475
niceheada1475
foltheadc1475
folabilitya1529
daftness1552
foolageness1563
foppery1592
guckry1596
senselessness1606
coxcombry1608
goosery1642
ineptitude1656
fopicalness1660
fopperishness1683
insagacity1808
spoonery1824
spooniness1824
noodleism1830
addle-headedness1835
foolishment1852
insapiency1876
ineptness1877
goosiness1888
inepticality1923
sappiness1943
gormlessness1958
1592 R. Greene Disput. Conny-catcher sig. D4 He..was fauoured of the foolish sect for his foppery.
1681 R. Knox Hist. Relation Ceylon Pref. The Foppery of their Priests Religious Opinions and Practices.
1711 E. Ward Vulgus Britannicus (ed. 3) iv. 136 They're fix'd Enemies to Pop'ry, As well as to Fanatick Fop'ry.
b. A foolish action, practice, idea, statement, etc.; a folly, an absurdity; concrete something foolishly esteemed or venerated. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > foolishness, folly > [noun] > action, behaviour > instance of
unwitc1175
foliota1250
follyc1300
unwisdom1303
foolishness?1506
fooling?1545
foppery1546
foolery1562
filly-folly1565
impertinency1588
impertinence1603
silliness1624
idiotism1647
noddary1647
fondness1653
ineptitude1656
sottise1673
insipidity1822
bêtise1827
foolishment1871
jackassery1873
funny business1882
the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > foolishness, folly > absurdity, incongruity > [noun] > instance of
follyc1300
absurditya1525
mumpsimus1531
trim-tram1533
foppery1546
ridicle1570
fangle1583
delirium1599
monstruosity1601
adox1606
absurd1610
extravagancy1625
incongruitya1626
monstrosity1639
extravagant1644
extravagance1650
ridiculea1658
fadoodlea1670
ridiculous1674
irrationalitya1680
ridiculosity1773
whimsy-whamsy1807
absurdism1815
nonsensity1834
nonsensical1842
nonsensicalitya1850
fandango1856
fandangle1880
bollock1919
1546 J. Bale Actes Eng. Votaryes: 1st Pt. f. 7 With hys myters and mastryes, wyth his fannoms and fopperyes.
1570 J. Foxe Actes & Monumentes (rev. ed.) II. 1903/1 He foresooke his former studying of the Scholo Doctours, and other such fopperies.
1611 J. Speed Hist. Great Brit. vi. xxiii. 228/1 Holding it a foppery to write of those, of whose fauour or wrath the Inditers stood in hope or feare.
1718 N. Rowe tr. Lucan Pharsalia Notes 47 Thank God, the Foppery of Pilgrimages is out of Fashion in England.
1758 J. Jortin Life Erasmus I. 170/1 Colet was out of patience to see those silly fopperies [reliques].
2.
a. The behaviour or manner characteristic of a fop; silly affectation of elegance; coxcombry, dandyism; an instance of this.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > fashionableness > [noun] > dandy > style or condition of
wantonnessc1405
beauship1696
foppery1697
beauetry1702
foppishness1741
buckism1753
macaronism1775
buckishness1803
dandiness1819
dandyism1819
petit maitreship1822
dandyhood1823
petit maitreism1824
dandification1827
exquisitism1833
beauism1844
dandydomc1850
tigerishness1869
dudedom1883
dudeism1883
dudery1883
dudeness1884
1697 J. Potter Archæologiæ Græcæ I. i. xxvi. 169 Souldiers shall not observe the punctilios of Spruceness and Foppery.
1752 D. Hume Ess. & Treat. (1777) I. 135 Modern politeness..runs often into affectation and foppery.
1808 S. Smith Wks. (1867) I. 106 The abominable military foppery of our own people.
1822 C. Lamb Detached Thoughts on Bks. in Elia 2nd Ser. A Shakespeare, or a Milton (unless the first editions), it were mere foppery to trick out in gay apparel.
1851 A. Helps Compan. Solitude vi. 113 Too intent upon the fopperies of religion.
b. concrete in plural or collective singular. Foppish finery.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > types of ornamentation > [noun] > fantastic or affected
conceit1463
fangle1583
crotchet1611
foppery1711
whigmaleery1793
quipa1822
dandification1827
fandangle1835
fandango1856
1711 J. Addison Spectator No. 45. ¶1 An Act..for Prohibiting the Importation of French Fopperies.
a1763 W. Shenstone Progress of Taste i. in Wks. Verse & Prose (1764) I. 266 And, as my satire bursts amain, See, feather'd fopp'ry strew the plain.
1841 C. Dickens Barnaby Rudge x. 289 His riding gear, though free from such fopperies as were then in vogue, was..well chosen.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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