morosophn.

Brit.

/ˈmɔːrəˌsɒf/, U.S.

/ˈmɔrəˌsɑf/

Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French morosophe.

Etymology: < Middle French morosophe wise fool (Rabelais, 1546) < post-classical Latin morosophus wise fool (1518) < Hellenistic Greek μωρόσοϕος foolishly wise, wise fool (2nd cent. a.d.) < ancient Greek μωρός foolish (see moron n.²) + σοϕός wise (see sophist n.). Compare earlier morosophist n.

Now rare.

(a) A wise fool, a jester. (b) A foolish pedant or would-be philosopher; = morosophist n.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > superficial knowledge > [noun] > person of superficial knowledge

smatterer1519

grammatola1529

sciolus1607

morosophist1610

sciolist1612

groll1637

literatora1641

superficialista1691

morosoph1693

short-thinker1711

the mind > emotion > pleasure > laughter > causing laughter > [noun] > jest or pleasantry > one who jests or jokes

jangler1303

bourder1330

triflera1382

mower1440

jester?1510

dizzardc1540

patch1549

pleasant1595

fiddle1600

motleya1605

banterer1678

morosoph1693

joker1729

farceur1781

funster1788

plaisanteur1828

cut-up1843

kibitzer1925

1693 T. Urquhart & P. A. Motteux tr. F. Rabelais 3rd Bk. Wks. xlvii. 377 Our unique Morosoph,..the Lunatick Triboulet.

1751 R. O. Cambridge Scribleriad i. 367 I mark'd where'er the Morosoph appear'd..How Young and Old, Virgins and Matrons kiss'd The footsteps of the blest Gymnosophist.

1818 T. Moore Fudge Family in Paris ii. 41 The praises and the trophies Thou gain'st from Morosophs and Sophis.

1835 Fraser's Mag. 11 369 Those who follow the sect of that illustrious morosoph.

1990 MLN 105 505 As a ‘morosoph’, Simplicius is perfectly aware of the intentions and expectations of his interlocutors.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	morosoph
释义	morosophn. Brit. /ˈmɔːrəˌsɒf/, U.S. /ˈmɔrəˌsɑf/ Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French morosophe. Etymology: < Middle French morosophe wise fool (Rabelais, 1546) < post-classical Latin morosophus wise fool (1518) < Hellenistic Greek μωρόσοϕος foolishly wise, wise fool (2nd cent. a.d.) < ancient Greek μωρός foolish (see moron n.²) + σοϕός wise (see sophist n.). Compare earlier morosophist n. Now rare. (a) A wise fool, a jester. (b) A foolish pedant or would-be philosopher; = morosophist n. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > superficial knowledge > [noun] > person of superficial knowledge smatterer1519 grammatola1529 sciolus1607 morosophist1610 sciolist1612 groll1637 literatora1641 superficialista1691 morosoph1693 short-thinker1711 the mind > emotion > pleasure > laughter > causing laughter > [noun] > jest or pleasantry > one who jests or jokes jangler1303 bourder1330 triflera1382 mower1440 jester?1510 dizzardc1540 patch1549 pleasant1595 fiddle1600 motleya1605 banterer1678 morosoph1693 joker1729 farceur1781 funster1788 plaisanteur1828 cut-up1843 kibitzer1925 1693 T. Urquhart & P. A. Motteux tr. F. Rabelais 3rd Bk. Wks. xlvii. 377 Our unique Morosoph,..the Lunatick Triboulet. 1751 R. O. Cambridge Scribleriad i. 367 I mark'd where'er the Morosoph appear'd..How Young and Old, Virgins and Matrons kiss'd The footsteps of the blest Gymnosophist. 1818 T. Moore Fudge Family in Paris ii. 41 The praises and the trophies Thou gain'st from Morosophs and Sophis. 1835 Fraser's Mag. 11 369 Those who follow the sect of that illustrious morosoph. 1990 MLN 105 505 As a ‘morosoph’, Simplicius is perfectly aware of the intentions and expectations of his interlocutors. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1693
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