Sophy

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   A diminutive of the female given name Sophia.

   • I knew Sophy was a good girl, and would not fall in love to make me angry.
2. 2

   Archaic form of Safawi (“a member of the Safavid dynasty”).

   • The great tent on the lawn, wherein presently we are to sup,—blue and yellow without, and within all braveries of tapestry and of table service,—suggests a state pavilion of the Sophy camped for glittering war.
3. 3

   wisdom, knowledge, learning

   • It had ben) beter to haue kepte the same sophie
   • Who knoweth not the difference betweene…semblance, and assurance; docosophy, and sophy?
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   1. 4

      Alternative letter-case form of Sophy (“archaic form of Safawi”).

   2. 5

      A wise man

      A wise man; a sage.

      • These Sophies finde with the Babe Iesus, onely Marie.
   3. 6

      Obsolete spelling of sophi.

      • Hange thy selfe Drusus, hast nor arms nor brain? Some Sophy say, The Gods sell all for paine.
   4. 7

      Any one of the various fields of study whose names end in -sophy.

      • The various sophy’s — cosmosophy, kerdosophy.

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