fool's capn.¹

Brit.

/ˈfuːlz kap/, U.S.

/ˈfulz ˌkæp/

Forms: 1500s–1600s fooles cap, 1600s fooles cappe, 1600s fools capp, 1600s–1800s fools cap, 1700s– fool's cap, 1900s foolscap.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: fool n.¹, cap n.¹

Etymology: < the genitive of fool n.¹ + cap n.¹ Compare later foolscap n.²With sense 1b compare earlier dunce cap n. at dunce n. Compounds 2b. In sense 2 the mollusc is so called on account of its conical shape, which resembles that of a fool's cap.

a. The cap or hood worn by a jester, now typically with bells at the tips of brightly-coloured conical points which curve out from the crown of the cap. Also figurative.For a description of the hood as typically depicted in 16th- and 17th-cent. images, see fool's hood n. 1.

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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > headgear > [noun] > cap > types of > other

toque1505

biggin1511

button cap1527

undercap1531

biggin1558

fool's cap1577

apex1578

blue capa1586

wishing-cap1600

Wantage cap1609

infernal1610

porringer1623

montera1626

montera cap1652

school cap1736

wing cap1775

balloon1784

balloon-cap1785

spider-cap1790

poke-fly cap1810

strap-cap1820

mandarin cap1835

porringer-cap1839

chechia1853

turban1862

mitre1877

turban-cap1881

half-cap1893

pillbox cap1897

Queen Mary hat1928

snap-back1937

songkok1960

pakul1982

1577 W. Harrison Hist. Descr. Islande Brit. iii. xii. f. 112/1, in R. Holinshed Chron. I If those iolly fellowes..woulde bestow the cost to set a fooles cap vpon there owne heades: then might they with more securitie, and lesse reprehension beholde these notable battayles.

a1640 P. Massinger City-Madam (1658) iv. iv. 29 A french hood too..a fools cap would shew better.

1695 J. Sage Fund. Charter Presbytery iv. 317 This Learned Gentleman found himself to puzzled, it seems, about this part of the Article, that he was forced to put on the Fools-cap, and turn Ridiculous to mankind.

1773 R. Graves Spiritual Quixote I. ii. xv. 115 His fool's cap has a fox's tail depending like a ramillie whig.

1789 J. Wolcot Ode xiv, in Wks. (1812) II. 247 The Muse shall place a Fool's-cap on their sculls.

1825 W. Scott Talisman xi, in Tales Crusaders III. 216 His..court jester, called Jonas Schwanker, who made almost as much noise with his fools-cap, bells, and bauble, as did the orator.

1996 Philadelphia Inquirer (Nexis) 2 Jan. c1 His impish grin and a shock of unruly blond hair stirring beneath his fool's cap.

b. A tall, cone-shaped paper hat put on the head of a schoolchild as a punishment; a dunce's cap. Now rare.Quot. 2013 is from a historical novel set in the late 19th and early 20th cent.

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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > headgear > [noun] > cap > types of > dunce's cap

dunce capa1791

fool's cap1807

dunce hat1868

1807 M. Constable Let. 9 Dec. in J. Constable Corr. (1962) I. 23 One of his unaccountable boys who is at Mr. Clarke's school, and where he is to spend the holidays, almost lives with a fool's cap on.

1831 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Feb. 409 Mr. Sadler crowns our prodigy on the spot..with a paper fool's cap.

1876 J. Grant Hist. Burgh Schools Scotl. ii. v. 208 He had made 700 boys stand on peas, 6000 kneel on a sharp edge of wood, 5000 wear the fool's-cap, and 1700 hold the rod.

1909 W. Yung My Life China & Amer. i. 6 I was placed in the center of the row, with a tall foolscap mounted on my head.

2013 M. Morrissy Rising of Bella Casey (e-book ed.) She never used a bamboo on her charges; the fool's cap, maybe, or the shame-bench, but never the birch.

2. Any of several limpets or other marine gastropod molluscs having a conical shell with a curved tip; esp. the Hungarian cap shell, Capulus ungaricus. Now rare.

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1758 W. Borlase Nat. Hist. Cornwall xxiii. 276 The fool's-cap, of a pale blossom-colour, rarely found on the English shores.

1854 P. H. Gosse Nat. Hist.: Mollusca 212 Genus Pileopsis. The Fools-cap Limpets, as the mollusks of this genus are called, have the shell shaped like a somewhat high cone, with the summit a little produced, and turned over backwards.

1992 S. P. Dance Shells 54 (heading) Capulus ungaricus Linnaeus. Fool's Cap.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2020; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	fools cap
释义	fool's capn.¹ Brit. /ˈfuːlz kap/, U.S. /ˈfulz ˌkæp/ Forms: 1500s–1600s fooles cap, 1600s fooles cappe, 1600s fools capp, 1600s–1800s fools cap, 1700s– fool's cap, 1900s foolscap. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: fool n.¹, cap n.¹ Etymology: < the genitive of fool n.¹ + cap n.¹ Compare later foolscap n.²With sense 1b compare earlier dunce cap n. at dunce n. Compounds 2b. In sense 2 the mollusc is so called on account of its conical shape, which resembles that of a fool's cap. 1. a. The cap or hood worn by a jester, now typically with bells at the tips of brightly-coloured conical points which curve out from the crown of the cap. Also figurative.For a description of the hood as typically depicted in 16th- and 17th-cent. images, see fool's hood n. 1. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > headgear > [noun] > cap > types of > other toque1505 biggin1511 button cap1527 undercap1531 biggin1558 fool's cap1577 apex1578 blue capa1586 wishing-cap1600 Wantage cap1609 infernal1610 porringer1623 montera1626 montera cap1652 school cap1736 wing cap1775 balloon1784 balloon-cap1785 spider-cap1790 poke-fly cap1810 strap-cap1820 mandarin cap1835 porringer-cap1839 chechia1853 turban1862 mitre1877 turban-cap1881 half-cap1893 pillbox cap1897 Queen Mary hat1928 snap-back1937 songkok1960 pakul1982 1577 W. Harrison Hist. Descr. Islande Brit. iii. xii. f. 112/1, in R. Holinshed Chron. I If those iolly fellowes..woulde bestow the cost to set a fooles cap vpon there owne heades: then might they with more securitie, and lesse reprehension beholde these notable battayles. a1640 P. Massinger City-Madam (1658) iv. iv. 29 A french hood too..a fools cap would shew better. 1695 J. Sage Fund. Charter Presbytery iv. 317 This Learned Gentleman found himself to puzzled, it seems, about this part of the Article, that he was forced to put on the Fools-cap, and turn Ridiculous to mankind. 1773 R. Graves Spiritual Quixote I. ii. xv. 115 His fool's cap has a fox's tail depending like a ramillie whig. 1789 J. Wolcot Ode xiv, in Wks. (1812) II. 247 The Muse shall place a Fool's-cap on their sculls. 1825 W. Scott Talisman xi, in Tales Crusaders III. 216 His..court jester, called Jonas Schwanker, who made almost as much noise with his fools-cap, bells, and bauble, as did the orator. 1996 Philadelphia Inquirer (Nexis) 2 Jan. c1 His impish grin and a shock of unruly blond hair stirring beneath his fool's cap. b. A tall, cone-shaped paper hat put on the head of a schoolchild as a punishment; a dunce's cap. Now rare.Quot. 2013 is from a historical novel set in the late 19th and early 20th cent. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > headgear > [noun] > cap > types of > dunce's cap dunce capa1791 fool's cap1807 dunce hat1868 1807 M. Constable Let. 9 Dec. in J. Constable Corr. (1962) I. 23 One of his unaccountable boys who is at Mr. Clarke's school, and where he is to spend the holidays, almost lives with a fool's cap on. 1831 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Feb. 409 Mr. Sadler crowns our prodigy on the spot..with a paper fool's cap. 1876 J. Grant Hist. Burgh Schools Scotl. ii. v. 208 He had made 700 boys stand on peas, 6000 kneel on a sharp edge of wood, 5000 wear the fool's-cap, and 1700 hold the rod. 1909 W. Yung My Life China & Amer. i. 6 I was placed in the center of the row, with a tall foolscap mounted on my head. 2013 M. Morrissy Rising of Bella Casey (e-book ed.) She never used a bamboo on her charges; the fool's cap, maybe, or the shame-bench, but never the birch. 2. Any of several limpets or other marine gastropod molluscs having a conical shell with a curved tip; esp. the Hungarian cap shell, Capulus ungaricus. Now rare. ΚΠ 1758 W. Borlase Nat. Hist. Cornwall xxiii. 276 The fool's-cap, of a pale blossom-colour, rarely found on the English shores. 1854 P. H. Gosse Nat. Hist.: Mollusca 212 Genus Pileopsis. The Fools-cap Limpets, as the mollusks of this genus are called, have the shell shaped like a somewhat high cone, with the summit a little produced, and turned over backwards. 1992 S. P. Dance Shells 54 (heading) Capulus ungaricus Linnaeus. Fool's Cap. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2020; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.¹1577
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fool's capn.¹