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foolship

noun

Etymology

From fool + -ship.

  1. derived from follis
  2. derived from fol
  3. inherited from fol
  4. suffixed as foolship — “fool + ship”

Definitions

  1. The condition of being a fool

    The condition of being a fool; foolishness; folly

    • Of old, your Fool did make your sage one tremble; but my foolship hath not found it so.
    • The devil on your foolship! — Oh, I must walk the dark foggy way that spits fire and brimstone.

  2. Used as a title or a form of address for a foolish person

    • To this Philip replied, “We give your Foolship to know that in temporals we are subject to no person.”
    • [...] But has only bamboozel'd by scratches and knocks / A set of old wives, silly peers, and mad bucks, / Who willing to try what their foolships could do / [...]
    • “Precisely. And no Sir about it, half-boy, half-man. Deegan will do. Or your foolship."

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA