| 单词 | fool-born |
| 释义 | > as lemmasfool-born fool-born adj. foolish, silly; (in later use also) spec. innately foolish or stupid.Frequently in fool-born jest, with allusion to Shakespeare. ΚΠ 1600 W. Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 2 v. v. 55 Reply not to me with a foole-borne iest. View more context for this quotation 1736 S. Wesley Poems 394 Expos'd by Fool-born Jest to grinning Shame! 1860 A. Gurney Poems (new ed.) 257 How my thirsting spirit parted with a fool-born tiger pride. 1864 J. Anster tr. J. W. von Goethe Faustus: 2nd Pt. i. 15 This jester, with his fool-born tricks. 1922 N. Amer. Rev. Feb. 520 Lamb was an incorrigible jester, but he never replies to us with a fool-born jest. 2003 J. Patterson Jester (e-book ed.) xliii You are certainly fool-born, man, I grant you that. < as lemmas |
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