† grolln.
Obsolete.
A foolish or superficial person; a gossip, a smatterer. (Apparently peculiar to Bastwick.)
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > superficial knowledge > [noun] > person of superficial knowledge
smatterer1519
grammatola1529
sciolus1607
morosophist1610
sciolist1612
groll1637
literatora1641
superficialista1691
morosoph1693
short-thinker1711
the mind > attention and judgement > importance > unimportance > [noun] > one who is unimportant > insubstantial
hud1549
puff paste1602
shallowling1616
groll1637
shaup1728
shallowist1799
1637 J. Bastwick Letany i. 8 See the parishioners be rich and plump as the grols said.
1637 J. Bastwick Vanity & Mischeife Old Letany iii. 21/2 I could be as voluminous as any man, and yet never take quotations at the second hand, as many grolls in this age doe.
Derivatives
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > foolishness, folly > giddiness, empty-headedness > [noun]
giddiheadc1275
giddinessa1290
lighthead1340
vanityc1386
glaikitnessa1500
idleness1535
levity1564
emptiness1577
vainness1591
frivolousnessa1631
volageness1633
grollery1637
brain-giddinessa1652
desipience1656
desipiencya1682
frothinessa1716
inanity1756
frivolity1796
unpracticalness1828
unpracticality1840
bird-wittedness1854
scattiness1959
1637 J. Bastwick Letany i. 6 One can scarce keepe from laughter, to see the grollery of it.
1637 J. Bastwick Vanity & Mischeife Old Letany iii. 14/1 I am pretily well acquaynted with all their grolleries.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > foolishness, folly > giddiness, empty-headedness > [adjective]
idlec825
giddyc1000
volage?a1366
apec1370
foolisha1382
vain1390
idleful1483
volageous1487
glaikit1488
cock-brained1530
apish1532
empty1550
sillyc1555
frivolous?1563
tickle-headed1583
light-braineda1593
frothy1593
owlish1596
bird-witted1605
empty-headed1614
idle-headed1614
empty-pateda1628
marmosetical1630
grollish1637
feather-headed1647
nonsense1647
whirl-crowned1648
feather-brained1649
swimmering1650
soft-pated1651
weather-headeda1652
shuttlecock1660
drum-headed1664
chicken-brained1678
halokit1724
desipient1727
shatter-pated1727
scattered-brained1747
light-thoughted1777
scatter-brained1804
shandy-pated1806
hellicat1815
feather-pated1819
inane1819
weather-brained1826
bubble-headed1827
tomfoolish1838
bird-brained1892
tottle1894
fluffy1898
scatty1911
wandery1912
scattery1924
twitterpated1943
1637 J. Bastwick Letany i. 17/2 Such a multitude of trumperyes and grollish ceremonyes are brought in by the Prelats.
1637 J. Bastwick Answer to Exceptions against Letany ii. 26/2 Who had more policy in the paring of his nayles, then all the Grollish Polititians that are now extant.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online September 2021).
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