fopn.

Brit.

/fɒp/, U.S.

/fɑp/

Forms: Also Middle English–1600s fopp(e.

Etymology: Connected with fop v. For the development of sense compare French fat, originally ‘fool’ (Latin fatuus), now ‘fop, coxcomb’.

†1.

a. A foolish person, a fool. Obsolete.

ΘΠ

the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > stupid, foolish, or inadequate person > foolish person, fool > [noun]

dizzyc825

cang?c1225

foolc1225

apec1330

mopc1330

saddle-goosec1346

mis-feelinga1382

foltc1390

mopec1390

fona1400

buffardc1430

fopc1440

joppec1440

fonda1450

fondlinga1450

insipienta1513

plume of feathers1530

bobolynec1540

dizzard1546

Little Witham?1548

nodc1563

dawkin1565

cocknel1566

nigion1570

niddicock1577

nodcock1577

cuckoo1581

Jack with the feather1581

niddipol1582

noddyship?1589

stirkc1590

fonkin1591

Gibraltar1593

fopper1598

noddypeak1598

coxcombry1600

simple1600

gowka1605

nup1607

fooliaminy1608

silly ass1608

dosser-head1612

dor1616

glow-worm1624

liripipea1625

doodle1629

sop1637

spalt1639

fool's head1650

buffle1655

Jack Adams1656

bufflehead1659

nincompoopc1668

bavian1678

nokes1679

foolanea1681

cod1699

hulver-head1699

nigmenog1699

single ten1699

mud1703

dowf1722

foolatum1740

silly billy1749

tommy noddy1774

arsec1785

nincom1800

silly1807

slob1810

omadhaun1818

potwalloper1820

mosy1824

amadan1825

gump1825

gype1825

oonchook1825

prawn1845

suck-egg1851

goosey1852

nowmun1854

pelican1856

poppy-show1860

buggerlugs1861

damfool1881

mudhead1882

yob1886

peanut head1891

haggis bag1892

poop1893

gazob1906

mush1906

wump1908

zob1911

gorm1912

goof1916

goofus1916

gubbins1916

dumb cluck1922

twat1922

B.F.1925

goofer1925

bird brain1926

berk1929

Berkeley1929

Berkeley Hunt1929

ding1929

loogan1929

stupido1929

poop-stick1930

nelly1931

droop1932

diddy1933

slappy1937

goof ball1938

get1940

poon1940

tonk1941

clot1942

yuck1943

possum1945

gobdaw1947

momo1953

nig-nog1953

plonker1955

weenie1956

nong-nong1959

Berkshire Hunt1960

balloon1965

doofus1965

dork1965

nana1965

shit-for-brains1966

schmoll1967

tosspot1967

lunchbox1969

doof1971

tonto1973

dorkus1979

motorhead1979

mouth-breather1979

wally1980

wally brain1981

der-brain1983

langer1983

numpty1985

sotong1988

fanny1995

fannybaws2000

c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 170/1 Foppe, supra, idem quod folet.

c1450 Cov. Myst. 295 Spek man, spek! spek, thou fop!

a1592 R. Greene Frier Bacon (1594) sig. D4 To bring vs such a fop for Henries sonne.

a1716 R. South 12 Serm. (1717) V. 6 A blessed improvement doubtless, and such as the Fops our Ancestors (as some use to call them) were never acquainted with.

†b. Applied to a girl. Obsolete.

ΘΠ

the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > stupid, foolish, or inadequate person > foolish person, fool > [noun] > female

unchaghe1534

foppet1605

fop1714

tawpie1728

fooless1848

sillypop1894

bimbo1920

moo1967

bimbette1978

bimboid1990

Essex girl1991

1714 C. Johnson Country Lasses i. i Cousin, thou art a very wild fop.

†2. A conceited person, a pretender to wit, wisdom, or accomplishments; a coxcomb, ‘prig’. Obsolete.

ΘΠ

the mind > emotion > pride > self-esteem > conceit > [noun] > conceited person

coxcomb1567

snipper-snappera1593

conceited1596

feather-cock1612

turkey-cocka1616

cockcomb1684

egotist1715

fop1755

fat1832

swell-head1845

swelled head1862

big-head1863

swollen head1898

Jack Strop1910

trombenik1922

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > dissimulation, pretence > semblance, outward show > [noun] > one who dissembles

a wolf in a lamb's skin, in sheep's clothingc1460

figurea1513

seemera1616

fop1755

mutton dressed as lamb1811

comedian1893

faux bonhomme1916

1755 E. Young Centaur vi, in Wks. (1757) IV. 253 These moral fops, ridiculously good.

1805 Med. & Physical Jrnl. 14 440 This serious charge, brought by the excellent physician of Pergamos against The medical fops of his age.

3. One who is foolishly attentive to and vain of his appearance, dress, or manners; a dandy, an exquisite.

ΘΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > fashionableness > [noun] > dandy

popa1500

miniona1513

prick-me-daintya1529

puppy?1544

velvet-coat1549

skipjack1554

coxcomb1567

musk cat?1567

physbuttocke1570

Adonis?1571

Adon1590

foretop1597

musk-cod1600

pretty fellow1600

sparkc1600

spangle-baby1602

flash1605

barber-monger1608

cocoloch1610

dapperling1611

fantastica1613

feather-cock1612

trig1612

jack-a-dandy?1617

gimcrack1623

satinist1639

powder puffa1653

fop1676

prig1676

foplinga1681

cockcomb1684

beau garçona1687

shape1688

duke1699

nab1699

smirk1699

beau1700

petty master1706

moppet1707

Tom Astoner1707

dapper1709

petit maître1711

buck1725

toupee1727

toupet1728

toupet-man1748

jemmy1753

jessamy1753

macaroni1764

majoc1770

monkeyrony1773

dandyc1780

elegant1780

muscadin1794

incroyable1797

beauty man1800

bang-up1811

natty1818

ruffian1818

exquisite1819

heavy swell1819

marvellous1819

bit of stuff1828

merveilleux1830

fat1832

squirt1844

dandyling1846

ineffable1859

guinea pig1860

Dundreary swell1862

masher1872

dude1877

mash1879

dudette1883

dand1886

heavy gunner1890

posh1890

nut1904

smoothie1929

fancy-pants1930

saga boy1941

fancy Dan1943

1676 [see fop-call n. at Compounds 1].

1681 T. Otway Souldiers Fortune ii. i. 19 Some tawdry fluttering Fop or another.

1710 S. Palmer Moral Ess. Prov. 193 A multitude of fops who love to have their persons admir'd.

1827 B. Disraeli Vivian Grey III. v. vi. 107 His tightened waist, his stiff stock [etc.]..denoted the military fop.

1876 M. E. Braddon Joshua Haggard's Daughter II. 71 The days of Charles II, when poets were fops and courtiers.

Compounds

C1. General attributive. Chiefly attributive.

fop-call n.

1676 G. Etherege Man of Mode iv. i. 65 A Fiddle in this Town is a kind of Fop-call.

fop-gravity n.

1673 J. Dryden Assignation iv. iii. 46 Now do I e'en long to abuse that fop-gravity again.

fop-maker n.

1749 H. Fielding Tom Jones I. i. xi. 61 The Captain owed nothing to any of these Fop-makers in his Dress.

fop-neighbour n.

1795 ‘P. Pindar’ Pindariana 174 Our fop neighbours see things with strange eyes.

fop-picture n.

1698 E. Settle Def. Dramatick Poetry 82 In all the Stage Fop~pictures, the Play-house bids so fair for mending that Fool too, that [etc.].

C2.

† fop-corner n. Obsolete a resort of fops.

ΘΠ

society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > dwelling place or abode > place of resort > [noun] > of fops

fop-corner1673

1673 J. Dryden Marriage a-la-Mode Prol. sig. Ai Fop-corner now is free from Civil War.

† fop-road n. Obsolete the habits and practices of a fop.

ΘΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > fashionableness > [noun] > dandy > characteristic behaviour of

fop-road1677

coxcombry1745

coxcombliness1765

coxcombery1774

coxcombality1785

1677 A. Behn Town-fopp v. i. 66 And so put you quite out of Fopp Road.

† Fops' alley n. Obsolete ‘a passage up the centre of the pit in the old Opera House where dandies congregated’ (Davies).

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > the theatre or the stage > a theatre > auditorium > [noun] > other parts of auditorium

area1627

vomitory1730

orchestra1768

Fops' alley1782

crush-room1806

basket1812

lattice1818

1782 F. Burney Cecilia I. ii. iv. 231 Sir Robert Floyer..sauntering down fop's alley, stationed himself by her side.

1820 Ld. Byron Let. 19 Nov. (1977) VII. 233 He..took his station in Fop's Alley.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

† fopv.

Forms: Also 1600s phop.

Etymology: Of uncertain origin; sense 2 agrees with German foppen to hoax (see fob v.¹). The precise relation between the verb and noun is uncertain; the noun appears earlier.

Obsolete.

1. intransitive. To act like a fool; to play the fool.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > foolishness, folly > be or become foolish [verb (intransitive)] > act foolishly

dotec1225

foleyec1374

fop1528

fond1530

daff1535

pract1568

dolt1573

daw1596

fool1597

guck1603

baboonize1611

prat1685

to play the fool1722

niff-naff1728

fopple1756

doitera1790

daffle1796

tomfool1825

to play (also act) the (giddy) goat1841

lallygag1862

silly1877

monkey1878

footle1891

to ass around1899

to play silly buggers (also beggars, bleeders, etc.)1903

to arse around1919

to jackass around1927

nimble-pimble1927

to fuck about1929

to fool up1933

to crap around1936

pantomime1958

prat1961

dork1990

1528 J. Skelton Honorificatissimo: Replycacion agaynst Yong Scolers sig. Aiv^v Whan ye..in the Pulpete hopped And folysshly there fopped.

2. transitive. = fob v.¹

a. To make a fool of, cheat, dupe. Also to cheat into, out of.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > cheating, fraud > duping, making a fool of > befool, cheat, dupe [verb (transitive)]

belirtOE

bitruflea1250

begab1297

bobc1320

bedaffc1386

befool1393

mock1440

triflea1450

glaik?a1513

bedawa1529

fond?1529

allude1535

gulla1550

dolt1553

dor1570

poop1575

colt1579

foolify1581

assot1583

noddify1583

begecka1586

elude1594

wigeona1595

fool1598

noddy1600

fop1602

begull1605

waddle1606

woodcockize1611

bemocka1616

greasea1625

noddypoop1640

truff1657

bubble1668

cully1676

coaxc1679

dupe1704

to play off1712

noodle1769

idiotize1775

oxify1804

tomfool1835

sammyfoozle1837

trail1847

pipe lay1848

pigwidgeon1852

green1853

con1896

rib1912

shuck1959

1602 F. Herring Discov. Stratagems in tr. J. Oberndorf Anatomyes True Physition 41 When he expected his present payment, he phopped him thus.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Othello (1622) iv. ii. 199 I..begin to finde my selfe fopt in it.

1690 J. Crowne Eng. Frier v. 45 I'le comfort myself by fopping Ranter into Marriage.

1694 J. Crowne Regulus v. 57 We are all fop'd here, fop'd out of our lives.

b. to fop off: = ‘to fob off’.

ΚΠ

1605 London Prodigall i. i Doth hee thinke to fop of his posteritie with Paradoxes.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online March 2021).

单词	fop
释义	fopn. Brit. /fɒp/, U.S. /fɑp/ Forms: Also Middle English–1600s fopp(e. Etymology: Connected with fop v. For the development of sense compare French fat, originally ‘fool’ (Latin fatuus), now ‘fop, coxcomb’. †1. a. A foolish person, a fool. Obsolete. ΘΠ the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > stupid, foolish, or inadequate person > foolish person, fool > [noun] dizzyc825 cang?c1225 foolc1225 apec1330 mopc1330 saddle-goosec1346 mis-feelinga1382 foltc1390 mopec1390 fona1400 buffardc1430 fopc1440 joppec1440 fonda1450 fondlinga1450 insipienta1513 plume of feathers1530 bobolynec1540 dizzard1546 Little Witham?1548 nodc1563 dawkin1565 cocknel1566 nigion1570 niddicock1577 nodcock1577 cuckoo1581 Jack with the feather1581 niddipol1582 noddyship?1589 stirkc1590 fonkin1591 Gibraltar1593 fopper1598 noddypeak1598 coxcombry1600 simple1600 gowka1605 nup1607 fooliaminy1608 silly ass1608 dosser-head1612 dor1616 glow-worm1624 liripipea1625 doodle1629 sop1637 spalt1639 fool's head1650 buffle1655 Jack Adams1656 bufflehead1659 nincompoopc1668 bavian1678 nokes1679 foolanea1681 cod1699 hulver-head1699 nigmenog1699 single ten1699 mud1703 dowf1722 foolatum1740 silly billy1749 tommy noddy1774 arsec1785 nincom1800 silly1807 slob1810 omadhaun1818 potwalloper1820 mosy1824 amadan1825 gump1825 gype1825 oonchook1825 prawn1845 suck-egg1851 goosey1852 nowmun1854 pelican1856 poppy-show1860 buggerlugs1861 damfool1881 mudhead1882 yob1886 peanut head1891 haggis bag1892 poop1893 gazob1906 mush1906 wump1908 zob1911 gorm1912 goof1916 goofus1916 gubbins1916 dumb cluck1922 twat1922 B.F.1925 goofer1925 bird brain1926 berk1929 Berkeley1929 Berkeley Hunt1929 ding1929 loogan1929 stupido1929 poop-stick1930 nelly1931 droop1932 diddy1933 slappy1937 goof ball1938 get1940 poon1940 tonk1941 clot1942 yuck1943 possum1945 gobdaw1947 momo1953 nig-nog1953 plonker1955 weenie1956 nong-nong1959 Berkshire Hunt1960 balloon1965 doofus1965 dork1965 nana1965 shit-for-brains1966 schmoll1967 tosspot1967 lunchbox1969 doof1971 tonto1973 dorkus1979 motorhead1979 mouth-breather1979 wally1980 wally brain1981 der-brain1983 langer1983 numpty1985 sotong1988 fanny1995 fannybaws2000 c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 170/1 Foppe, supra, idem quod folet. c1450 Cov. Myst. 295 Spek man, spek! spek, thou fop! a1592 R. Greene Frier Bacon (1594) sig. D4 To bring vs such a fop for Henries sonne. a1716 R. South 12 Serm. (1717) V. 6 A blessed improvement doubtless, and such as the Fops our Ancestors (as some use to call them) were never acquainted with. †b. Applied to a girl. Obsolete. ΘΠ the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > stupid, foolish, or inadequate person > foolish person, fool > [noun] > female unchaghe1534 foppet1605 fop1714 tawpie1728 fooless1848 sillypop1894 bimbo1920 moo1967 bimbette1978 bimboid1990 Essex girl1991 1714 C. Johnson Country Lasses i. i Cousin, thou art a very wild fop. †2. A conceited person, a pretender to wit, wisdom, or accomplishments; a coxcomb, ‘prig’. Obsolete. ΘΠ the mind > emotion > pride > self-esteem > conceit > [noun] > conceited person coxcomb1567 snipper-snappera1593 conceited1596 feather-cock1612 turkey-cocka1616 cockcomb1684 egotist1715 fop1755 fat1832 swell-head1845 swelled head1862 big-head1863 swollen head1898 Jack Strop1910 trombenik1922 the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > dissimulation, pretence > semblance, outward show > [noun] > one who dissembles a wolf in a lamb's skin, in sheep's clothingc1460 figurea1513 seemera1616 fop1755 mutton dressed as lamb1811 comedian1893 faux bonhomme1916 1755 E. Young Centaur vi, in Wks. (1757) IV. 253 These moral fops, ridiculously good. 1805 Med. & Physical Jrnl. 14 440 This serious charge, brought by the excellent physician of Pergamos against The medical fops of his age. 3. One who is foolishly attentive to and vain of his appearance, dress, or manners; a dandy, an exquisite. ΘΠ the mind > attention and judgement > fashionableness > [noun] > dandy popa1500 miniona1513 prick-me-daintya1529 puppy?1544 velvet-coat1549 skipjack1554 coxcomb1567 musk cat?1567 physbuttocke1570 Adonis?1571 Adon1590 foretop1597 musk-cod1600 pretty fellow1600 sparkc1600 spangle-baby1602 flash1605 barber-monger1608 cocoloch1610 dapperling1611 fantastica1613 feather-cock1612 trig1612 jack-a-dandy?1617 gimcrack1623 satinist1639 powder puffa1653 fop1676 prig1676 foplinga1681 cockcomb1684 beau garçona1687 shape1688 duke1699 nab1699 smirk1699 beau1700 petty master1706 moppet1707 Tom Astoner1707 dapper1709 petit maître1711 buck1725 toupee1727 toupet1728 toupet-man1748 jemmy1753 jessamy1753 macaroni1764 majoc1770 monkeyrony1773 dandyc1780 elegant1780 muscadin1794 incroyable1797 beauty man1800 bang-up1811 natty1818 ruffian1818 exquisite1819 heavy swell1819 marvellous1819 bit of stuff1828 merveilleux1830 fat1832 squirt1844 dandyling1846 ineffable1859 guinea pig1860 Dundreary swell1862 masher1872 dude1877 mash1879 dudette1883 dand1886 heavy gunner1890 posh1890 nut1904 smoothie1929 fancy-pants1930 saga boy1941 fancy Dan1943 1676 [see fop-call n. at Compounds 1]. 1681 T. Otway Souldiers Fortune ii. i. 19 Some tawdry fluttering Fop or another. 1710 S. Palmer Moral Ess. Prov. 193 A multitude of fops who love to have their persons admir'd. 1827 B. Disraeli Vivian Grey III. v. vi. 107 His tightened waist, his stiff stock [etc.]..denoted the military fop. 1876 M. E. Braddon Joshua Haggard's Daughter II. 71 The days of Charles II, when poets were fops and courtiers. Compounds C1. General attributive. Chiefly attributive. fop-call n. Π 1676 G. Etherege Man of Mode iv. i. 65 A Fiddle in this Town is a kind of Fop-call. fop-gravity n. Π 1673 J. Dryden Assignation iv. iii. 46 Now do I e'en long to abuse that fop-gravity again. fop-maker n. Π 1749 H. Fielding Tom Jones I. i. xi. 61 The Captain owed nothing to any of these Fop-makers in his Dress. View more context for this quotation fop-neighbour n. Π 1795 ‘P. Pindar’ Pindariana 174 Our fop neighbours see things with strange eyes. fop-picture n. Π 1698 E. Settle Def. Dramatick Poetry 82 In all the Stage Fop~pictures, the Play-house bids so fair for mending that Fool too, that [etc.]. C2. † fop-corner n. Obsolete a resort of fops. ΘΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > dwelling place or abode > place of resort > [noun] > of fops fop-corner1673 1673 J. Dryden Marriage a-la-Mode Prol. sig. Ai Fop-corner now is free from Civil War. † fop-road n. Obsolete the habits and practices of a fop. ΘΠ the mind > attention and judgement > fashionableness > [noun] > dandy > characteristic behaviour of fop-road1677 coxcombry1745 coxcombliness1765 coxcombery1774 coxcombality1785 1677 A. Behn Town-fopp v. i. 66 And so put you quite out of Fopp Road. † Fops' alley n. Obsolete ‘a passage up the centre of the pit in the old Opera House where dandies congregated’ (Davies). ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > the theatre or the stage > a theatre > auditorium > [noun] > other parts of auditorium area1627 vomitory1730 orchestra1768 Fops' alley1782 crush-room1806 basket1812 lattice1818 1782 F. Burney Cecilia I. ii. iv. 231 Sir Robert Floyer..sauntering down fop's alley, stationed himself by her side. 1820 Ld. Byron Let. 19 Nov. (1977) VII. 233 He..took his station in Fop's Alley. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online March 2022). † fopv. Forms: Also 1600s phop. Etymology: Of uncertain origin; sense 2 agrees with German foppen to hoax (see fob v.¹). The precise relation between the verb and noun is uncertain; the noun appears earlier. Obsolete. 1. intransitive. To act like a fool; to play the fool. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > foolishness, folly > be or become foolish [verb (intransitive)] > act foolishly dotec1225 foleyec1374 fop1528 fond1530 daff1535 pract1568 dolt1573 daw1596 fool1597 guck1603 baboonize1611 prat1685 to play the fool1722 niff-naff1728 fopple1756 doitera1790 daffle1796 tomfool1825 to play (also act) the (giddy) goat1841 lallygag1862 silly1877 monkey1878 footle1891 to ass around1899 to play silly buggers (also beggars, bleeders, etc.)1903 to arse around1919 to jackass around1927 nimble-pimble1927 to fuck about1929 to fool up1933 to crap around1936 pantomime1958 prat1961 dork1990 1528 J. Skelton Honorificatissimo: Replycacion agaynst Yong Scolers sig. Aiv^v Whan ye..in the Pulpete hopped And folysshly there fopped. 2. transitive. = fob v.¹ a. To make a fool of, cheat, dupe. Also to cheat into, out of. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > cheating, fraud > duping, making a fool of > befool, cheat, dupe [verb (transitive)] belirtOE bitruflea1250 begab1297 bobc1320 bedaffc1386 befool1393 mock1440 triflea1450 glaik?a1513 bedawa1529 fond?1529 allude1535 gulla1550 dolt1553 dor1570 poop1575 colt1579 foolify1581 assot1583 noddify1583 begecka1586 elude1594 wigeona1595 fool1598 noddy1600 fop1602 begull1605 waddle1606 woodcockize1611 bemocka1616 greasea1625 noddypoop1640 truff1657 bubble1668 cully1676 coaxc1679 dupe1704 to play off1712 noodle1769 idiotize1775 oxify1804 tomfool1835 sammyfoozle1837 trail1847 pipe lay1848 pigwidgeon1852 green1853 con1896 rib1912 shuck1959 1602 F. Herring Discov. Stratagems in tr. J. Oberndorf Anatomyes True Physition 41 When he expected his present payment, he phopped him thus. a1616 W. Shakespeare Othello (1622) iv. ii. 199 I..begin to finde my selfe fopt in it. 1690 J. Crowne Eng. Frier v. 45 I'le comfort myself by fopping Ranter into Marriage. 1694 J. Crowne Regulus v. 57 We are all fop'd here, fop'd out of our lives. b. to fop off: = ‘to fob off’. ΚΠ 1605 London Prodigall i. i Doth hee thinke to fop of his posteritie with Paradoxes. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online March 2021). < n.c1440v.1528
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