† holliglassn.
Obsolete.
An Owlglass, a buffoon.
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the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > stupid, foolish, or inadequate person > foolish person, fool > [noun] > absurd
babelavant1591
holliglass1596
fantastico1597
trottee1818
frivolist1884
1596 Blake Serm. in G. Hickes Spirit of Popery (1680) 53 The Privy-Council were Holliglasses, Cormorants, and men of no Religion.
?a1600 ( R. Sempill Legend Bischop St. Androis in J. Cranstoun Satirical Poems Reformation (1891) I. xlv. 354 Now Holyglass, returning hame, To play the sophist thought no schame.
a1639 J. Spottiswood Hist. Church Scotl. (1677) vi. 425.
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