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▪ I. † ˈfolious, a.1 rare.
Also 5 folyus.
[ad. OF. folieus, folieux, f. folie folly.]
Foolish. Hence ˈfoliously adv.
a1450Knt. de la Tour (1868) 58 For the whiche folyus dede, there is falle so moche sorw. Ibid. 83 Thorughe the said folious loue he toke her unto his wiff. 1481Caxton Tulle of Old Age G iv/1 The yong man hopeth foliously, if by cause of his yong age he wenith to live long.
▪ II. folious, a.2|ˈfəʊlɪəs|
[ad. L. foliōs-us, f. folium leaf: see -ous.]
Abounding in, or of the nature of, leaves; leafy, foliose.
1658Sir T. Browne Gard. Cyrus iii. 51 The folious and stalky emission distinquisheth herbs and trees. 1682― Chr. Mor. ii. iii, To obtrude them [assertions] as Sibyls leaves, which after considerations may find to be but folious apparences, and not the central and vital interiours of Truth.
b. (See quot.)
1828Webster, Folious, having leaves intermixed with flowers. |