footlern.

Brit.

/ˈfuːtlə/, U.S.

/ˈfudlər/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: footle v., -er suffix¹.

Etymology: < footle v. + -er suffix¹.

A person who acts or talks foolishly, or who occupies himself or herself in an aimless or trivial way.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > importance > unimportance > [noun] > one who is unimportant > insubstantial > frivolous or not serious

pickstraw1580

Jack with the feather1581

fiddler1591

fribble1610

trifler1612

fribbler1712

toyer1814

frivolist1884

namby-pamby1885

frivoller1889

footler1891

frivol1959

1891 Punch 15 Aug. 77/1 These fussy old footlers whose 'air stands on hend at a row-de-dow joke.

1904 G. K. Chesterton Napoleon of Notting Hill iv. iii. 242 Drop your public-house flag, you footler!

1923 Daily Mail 22 June 7 Urbane persiflage directed against ‘footlers’, bores, and busybodies.

1940 ‘G. Orwell’ Inside Whale 133 A novelist who simply disregards the major public events of the moment is generally either a footler or a plain idiot.

2003 Guardian (Nexis) 18 Apr. Maybe they aren't the mere footlers some of us have taken them to be.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	footler
释义	footlern. Brit. /ˈfuːtlə/, U.S. /ˈfudlər/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: footle v., -er suffix¹. Etymology: < footle v. + -er suffix¹. A person who acts or talks foolishly, or who occupies himself or herself in an aimless or trivial way. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > importance > unimportance > [noun] > one who is unimportant > insubstantial > frivolous or not serious pickstraw1580 Jack with the feather1581 fiddler1591 fribble1610 trifler1612 fribbler1712 toyer1814 frivolist1884 namby-pamby1885 frivoller1889 footler1891 frivol1959 1891 Punch 15 Aug. 77/1 These fussy old footlers whose 'air stands on hend at a row-de-dow joke. 1904 G. K. Chesterton Napoleon of Notting Hill iv. iii. 242 Drop your public-house flag, you footler! 1923 Daily Mail 22 June 7 Urbane persiflage directed against ‘footlers’, bores, and busybodies. 1940 ‘G. Orwell’ Inside Whale 133 A novelist who simply disregards the major public events of the moment is generally either a footler or a plain idiot. 2003 Guardian (Nexis) 18 Apr. Maybe they aren't the mere footlers some of us have taken them to be. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1891
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