释义 |
† funge Obs. [a. OF. *funge, fonge, ad. L. fungus fungus.] 1. A mushroom or fungus.
c1390Form of Cury in Warner Antiq. Culin. 5 Take Funges and pare hem clene and dyce hem. 1398Trevisa Barth. De P.R. xvii. cxxiv. (1495) 686 Asshen of wylde perys dronken helpyth ayenst Funges: todestoles. 2. A soft-headed fellow. [After L. fungus.]
1621Burton Anat. Mel. i. ii. iii. xiv. (1651) 123 Whenas indeed, in all wise mens judgments..they are mad empty vessels, funges, beside themselves. Ibid. ii. ii. vi. iii. (1651) 306 Drink drowns more than the sea (meer Funges and Casks). b. ? attrib.
1556J. Heywood Spider & F. xxviii. 3 There liueth not thy lyke (for a flie) I trow, For funge wit: thou arte the fly for the nonse. |