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单词 no small fool
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no small fool
c. Preceded by no negating the whole expression, in emphatic use (cf. no adj. 2a). Esp. in no small fool: no fool, a person of wisdom. Obsolete.Distinct from use (with a noun of any kind) where the adjective only is negated, giving the sense ‘great’ (cf. sense A. 5c and no adj. 3).
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?1527 J. Skelton Agaynste Comely Coystrowne Nay iape not with hym he is no small fole.
1534 N. Udall Floures for Latine Spekynge gathered oute of Terence f. 140v Haud stulte sapis. You are no smalle foole.
1551 T. Wilson Rule of Reason sig. Uij I knewe one in my life, & that no smal birde, which was better learned then wise.
1657 P. Heylyn Ecclesia Vindicata i. i. 78 This Master Cook..was apt enough to think himself no small fool at a joynt of Divinity.
c1680 E. Hickeringill Hist. Whiggism i, in Wks. (1716) I. 37 M. Tantivee is a Graduate, and no small Fool, I assure you, he has been at the —— Versity.
1784 Unfortunate Sensibility II. 72 The master of the inn..was no small body, for he was the owner of the vessel we came in.
1828 A. E. Bray Protestant ix. 293 A certain Justice of the Peace who was no small fool.
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