Sophyn.¹

Brit.

/ˈsəʊfi/, U.S.

/ˈsoʊfi/

Forms: Also 1500s–1600s sophie, 1500s–1800s sophi (1600s sofi), 1700s sophia.

Etymology: < Persian ṣafī (also ṣafawī ), the surname of the ruling dynasty of Persia from c1500 to 1736, derived from the Arabic epithet ṣafī-ud-dīn ‘purity of religion’, given to an ancestor of Ismail Safī, the founder of the dynasty. Not related to Sufi n.¹, with which it has frequently been associated.

Now Historical or archaic.

1. A former title or designation of the supreme ruler of Persia; the Shah. Also Grand Sophy.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > sovereign ruler or monarch > other independent rulers > [noun] > shah

Sophy1539

shah1566

Great King1576

Sophy1606

Sufi1698

padishah1758

Shahanshah1815

society > society and the community > social class > nobility > title > title or form of address for persons of rank > [noun] > titles applied to royalty > for a king or ruler > for foreign king or ruler

Sophy1539

shah1566

sophi1598

padishah1612

pangeran1616

Sophia1649

Nizam1769

rajaship1784

Shahanshah1815

inkosi1835

α.

1539 T. Cromwell in R. B. Merriman Life & Lett. T. Cromwell (1902) II. 218 His declaracion was..that the Sophy King of Perse had an oratour with the Turke.

a1549 A. Borde Fyrst Bk. Introd. Knowl. (1870) xxxvii. 214 The great Turke..hath obtayned the Sophyes lond.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Twelfth Night (1623) ii. v. 174 I will not giue my part of this sport for a pension of thousands to be paid from the Sophy .

1667 London Gaz. No. 209/2 The Grand Sophy of Persia having observed the Grand Sultan to have his hands fully employed in the Siege of Candia.

1686 tr. J. Chardin Coronation Solyman 49–51 in Trav. Persia I cannot but laugh when I find in their writings the Grand Sophy, the Sophy of Persia, and the Sovereign Sophy. For the Kings of Persia are neither called Sophies in general, nor in particular.

1707 tr. P. Le Lorrain de Vallemont Curiosities in Husbandry & Gardening 216 Revenues, which that Commerce brings into the Treasury of the Sophy.

1765 H. Walpole Vertue's Anecd. Painting (ed. 2) II. ii. 72 The Sophy of Persia and his court were extremely surprized at the art of engraving so hard a jewel.

1899 R. Whiteing No. 5 John St. 299 The great tent..suggests a State pavilion of the Sophy.

in extended use.1865 C. Kingsley Hereward in Good Words Feb. 83/2 Marry the Sophy of Egypt's daughter?β. 1549 W. Thomas Hist. Italie f.108^v Vsnucassan kyng of Persia (whose successour is nowe called Sophie).1555 R. Eden tr. P. Giovio Libellus de legatione Basilii in tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria Decades of Newe Worlde f. 281 Ismael the Sophi and kynge of Persia.1600 E. Blount tr. G. F. di Conestaggio Hist. Uniting Portugall to Castill 24 The Turke against the Sophi, and the King against the Rebels in Flaunders.1698 J. Fryer New Acct. E.-India & Persia 301 At Cormoot we met a Lion and a Spotted Deer carrying up as Presents to the Sophi from the Mogul.1711 Fingall MSS in 10th Rep. Royal Comm. Hist. MSS (1885) App. v. 118 The grand Signior, or the Sophia of Persia, or the Czar of Russia.1769 W. Robertson Hist. Charles V III. xi. 295 He had discovered a negociation which had been carried on with the Sophi of Persia.1818 A. Ranken Hist. France V. ii. ii. 285 That ambitious warrior had..defeated the sophi of Persia.1830 M. Donovan Domest. Econ. II. i. 13 The sophi of Persia, his lords, and some ambassadors.

a. With a and plural. A Persian monarch or king.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > sovereign ruler or monarch > other independent rulers > [noun] > shah

Sophy1539

shah1566

Great King1576

Sophy1606

Sufi1698

padishah1758

Shahanshah1815

1606 J. Sylvester tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Deuine Weekes & Wks. (new ed.) ii. iv. 44 Wert thou a Sophy; yet with Vertues lustre Thou oughtst (at least) thy Greatnes to illustre.

1636 R. Griffin in Ann. Dubrensia sig. H Grave as a Persian Sophie.

1753 Scots Mag. Jan. 2/1 The last of the ancient race of Sophys who wore the Persian crown.

1762 Ann. Reg. 1761 147 Erivan, the ancient seat of the sophis.

1823 Ld. Byron Don Juan: Canto IX xxxiii. 21 Like Nadir Shah, that costive Sophy.

b. transferred. A ruler; a great person.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > [noun]

waldendeOE

prince?c1225

ordainerc1300

tyranta1340

prefecta1382

rulera1382

wieldera1382

corner of the people1382

lordshipperc1384

governora1393

moderatora1398

wieldinga1400

leader of lawsc1400

regent1415

governailc1440

dominatorc1450

reignera1464

regnanta1500

gubernator1522

despot1562

shepherd1577

swayer1598

Sophy1599

most mastera1616

Govr.1620

Gov.1630

archon1735

1599 T. Nashe Lenten Stuffe 20 Our redoubtable Sophy of the floating kingdom of Pisces.

1606 T. Dekker Newes from Hell sig. B3 None but fooles therfore will maruell, how I and this Grand Sophy of the whore of Babylon came to bee so familiar together.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

sophyn.²

/ˈsɒfi/

Forms: Also Middle English–1500s sophie.

Etymology: In sense 1 < Latin sophia Sophia n. In sense 2 from the second element in philosophy, theosophy, etc.

†1. Wisdom, knowledge. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > understanding > wisdom, sagacity > [noun]

righteousnesseOE

snoterc950

witnessc950

wisdomOE

insightc1175

witc1175

smeighnessc1200

sleighta1300

witternessa1300

inwitc1305

wittiheadc1315

wisenessc1320

witterheda1325

wisehede1340

slyness1357

sapience1377

wisdomhood138.

prudencea1382

sapienta1400

sentencec1400

advice?a1439

sophyc1440

profunditya1500

wittiness1543

Minerva1601

depth1605

Sophia1649

visionariness1817

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > scholarly knowledge, erudition > [noun]

learningc897

wisdomc950

witnessc950

lore971

clergya1225

wit1297

apprise1303

gramaryec1320

clergisea1330

cunning1340

lering1340

sciencea1387

schoola1393

studya1393

art?a1400

cunningnessa1400

leara1400

sophyc1440

doctrinec1460

mathesisa1475

grammarc1500

doctorship1567

knowledge1576

scholarship1579

virtuosoship1666

erudition1718

eruditenessa1834

Wissenschaft1834

savantism1855

scholarment1896

c1440 J. Capgrave Life St. Katherine v. 1020 It had ben beter to haue kepte the same sophie Whiche þat youre maysteris lerned you first in scole!

1557 Earl of Surrey et al. Songes & Sonettes sig. P.ii^v Coom fight with mee..that, in my shield, The seuenfold sophie of Minerue contein.

1588 J. Harvey Discoursiue Probl. conc. Prophesies 10 Who knoweth not the difference betweene..semblance, and assurance; docosophy, and sophy?

2. One or other of the various sciences, departments of study, etc.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > branch of knowledge > [noun]

craftOE

lorec1290

cunning1340

facultyc1384

sciencea1387

intelligencea1393

disciplinea1398

masterya1425

learning1570

skill1570

doctrine1594

ism1680

ology1811

ography1828

sophya1843

osophy1851

a1843 R. Southey Common-place Bk. (1851) 4th Ser. 578/1 The various sophy's—cosmosophy, kerdosophy.

1869 Contemp. Rev. 11 456 Moyen..would sometimes utter himself in their particular sophy.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

† sophyn.³

Etymology: Originally in plural sophies , < Latin sophi sophi n.

Obsolete.

a. A wise or learned man; a sage.

ΘΠ

the mind > mental capacity > understanding > wisdom, sagacity > wise man, sage > [noun]

wise manc888

wisec897

witec900

snoterc950

divinera1387

sage1399

mage?a1425

wisdom1432

wizardc1440

sapientc1550

Solomon1554

oracle1579

sophy1587

Solon1631

sapientipotent1656

magus1700

wiseacre1753

sageshipa1832

Yoda1984

1587 Sir P. Sidney & A. Golding tr. P. de Mornay Trewnesse Christian Relig. Pref. sig. ***i Some small sparkes of..wisdome..the which they haue afterward taught vnto others, and for so doing haue bene called Sophies and Philosophers.

1596 H. Clapham Briefe of Bible ii. 127 These Sophies finde with the Babe Iesus, onely Marie.

1610 G. Fletcher Christs Victorie 24 To see their King, the Kingly Sophies come.

1654 R. Whitlock Ζωοτομία 47 It were to be wisht their Ideas..were undisputable among the Sophies themselves in Physick.

1678 S. Butler Hudibras: Third Pt. iii. i. 82 Sir, (Quoth the Voice) Y' are no such Sophy, As You would have the World judge of Ye.

b. With the epithet grand (after Sophy n.¹).

a1635 T. Randolph Poems (1652) 3 You that nothing have Like Schollars but a Beard and Gowne, for me May pass for good grand Sophies.

1656 R. Sanderson 20 Serm. 179 Whereof Plato and Aristotle and all the other grand Sophies among them were ignorant.

1688 W. Bates Harmony Divine Attrib. (ed. 3) v. 96 The grand Sophies of the World esteemed it absurd and unreasonable [etc.].

c. In disparaging or sarcastic use.

ΘΠ

the mind > mental capacity > understanding > wisdom, sagacity > wise man, sage > pretender to wisdom, wiseacre > [noun]

owl1568

tire-brain1589

wiseacre1595

Solonist1607

formalist1612

nodder1625

Solon1631

wiseling1633

self-wiseling1649

sophy1649

Solomon1656

conjurer1668

wisdomship1692

sage1751

wisehead1756

wisebones1894

1649 Col. le Strange in Plume MSS. (Maldon, Essex) And like those sophies who would drown a fish I am condemn'd to suffer what I wish.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online September 2021).

> see also

also refers to : -sophycomb. form

n.¹1539

n.²c1440

n.³1587

单词	sophy
释义	Sophyn.¹ Brit. /ˈsəʊfi/, U.S. /ˈsoʊfi/ Forms: Also 1500s–1600s sophie, 1500s–1800s sophi (1600s sofi), 1700s sophia. Etymology: < Persian ṣafī (also ṣafawī ), the surname of the ruling dynasty of Persia from c1500 to 1736, derived from the Arabic epithet ṣafī-ud-dīn ‘purity of religion’, given to an ancestor of Ismail Safī, the founder of the dynasty. Not related to Sufi n.¹, with which it has frequently been associated. Now Historical or archaic. 1. A former title or designation of the supreme ruler of Persia; the Shah. Also Grand Sophy. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > sovereign ruler or monarch > other independent rulers > [noun] > shah Sophy1539 shah1566 Great King1576 Sophy1606 Sufi1698 padishah1758 Shahanshah1815 society > society and the community > social class > nobility > title > title or form of address for persons of rank > [noun] > titles applied to royalty > for a king or ruler > for foreign king or ruler Sophy1539 shah1566 sophi1598 padishah1612 pangeran1616 Sophia1649 Nizam1769 rajaship1784 Shahanshah1815 inkosi1835 α. 1539 T. Cromwell in R. B. Merriman Life & Lett. T. Cromwell (1902) II. 218 His declaracion was..that the Sophy King of Perse had an oratour with the Turke. a1549 A. Borde Fyrst Bk. Introd. Knowl. (1870) xxxvii. 214 The great Turke..hath obtayned the Sophyes lond. a1616 W. Shakespeare Twelfth Night (1623) ii. v. 174 I will not giue my part of this sport for a pension of thousands to be paid from the Sophy . View more context for this quotation 1667 London Gaz. No. 209/2 The Grand Sophy of Persia having observed the Grand Sultan to have his hands fully employed in the Siege of Candia. 1686 tr. J. Chardin Coronation Solyman 49–51 in Trav. Persia I cannot but laugh when I find in their writings the Grand Sophy, the Sophy of Persia, and the Sovereign Sophy. For the Kings of Persia are neither called Sophies in general, nor in particular. 1707 tr. P. Le Lorrain de Vallemont Curiosities in Husbandry & Gardening 216 Revenues, which that Commerce brings into the Treasury of the Sophy. 1765 H. Walpole Vertue's Anecd. Painting (ed. 2) II. ii. 72 The Sophy of Persia and his court were extremely surprized at the art of engraving so hard a jewel. 1899 R. Whiteing No. 5 John St. 299 The great tent..suggests a State pavilion of the Sophy. in extended use.1865 C. Kingsley Hereward in Good Words Feb. 83/2 Marry the Sophy of Egypt's daughter?β. 1549 W. Thomas Hist. Italie f.108^v Vsnucassan kyng of Persia (whose successour is nowe called Sophie).1555 R. Eden tr. P. Giovio Libellus de legatione Basilii in tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria Decades of Newe Worlde f. 281 Ismael the Sophi and kynge of Persia.1600 E. Blount tr. G. F. di Conestaggio Hist. Uniting Portugall to Castill 24 The Turke against the Sophi, and the King against the Rebels in Flaunders.1698 J. Fryer New Acct. E.-India & Persia 301 At Cormoot we met a Lion and a Spotted Deer carrying up as Presents to the Sophi from the Mogul.1711 Fingall MSS in 10th Rep. Royal Comm. Hist. MSS (1885) App. v. 118 The grand Signior, or the Sophia of Persia, or the Czar of Russia.1769 W. Robertson Hist. Charles V III. xi. 295 He had discovered a negociation which had been carried on with the Sophi of Persia.1818 A. Ranken Hist. France V. ii. ii. 285 That ambitious warrior had..defeated the sophi of Persia.1830 M. Donovan Domest. Econ. II. i. 13 The sophi of Persia, his lords, and some ambassadors. 2. a. With a and plural. A Persian monarch or king. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > sovereign ruler or monarch > other independent rulers > [noun] > shah Sophy1539 shah1566 Great King1576 Sophy1606 Sufi1698 padishah1758 Shahanshah1815 1606 J. Sylvester tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Deuine Weekes & Wks. (new ed.) ii. iv. 44 Wert thou a Sophy; yet with Vertues lustre Thou oughtst (at least) thy Greatnes to illustre. 1636 R. Griffin in Ann. Dubrensia sig. H Grave as a Persian Sophie. 1753 Scots Mag. Jan. 2/1 The last of the ancient race of Sophys who wore the Persian crown. 1762 Ann. Reg. 1761 147 Erivan, the ancient seat of the sophis. 1823 Ld. Byron Don Juan: Canto IX xxxiii. 21 Like Nadir Shah, that costive Sophy. b. transferred. A ruler; a great person. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > [noun] waldendeOE prince?c1225 ordainerc1300 tyranta1340 prefecta1382 rulera1382 wieldera1382 corner of the people1382 lordshipperc1384 governora1393 moderatora1398 wieldinga1400 leader of lawsc1400 regent1415 governailc1440 dominatorc1450 reignera1464 regnanta1500 gubernator1522 despot1562 shepherd1577 swayer1598 Sophy1599 most mastera1616 Govr.1620 Gov.1630 archon1735 1599 T. Nashe Lenten Stuffe 20 Our redoubtable Sophy of the floating kingdom of Pisces. 1606 T. Dekker Newes from Hell sig. B3 None but fooles therfore will maruell, how I and this Grand Sophy of the whore of Babylon came to bee so familiar together. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online March 2022). sophyn.² /ˈsɒfi/ Forms: Also Middle English–1500s sophie. Etymology: In sense 1 < Latin sophia Sophia n. In sense 2 from the second element in philosophy, theosophy, etc. †1. Wisdom, knowledge. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > understanding > wisdom, sagacity > [noun] righteousnesseOE snoterc950 witnessc950 wisdomOE insightc1175 witc1175 smeighnessc1200 sleighta1300 witternessa1300 inwitc1305 wittiheadc1315 wisenessc1320 witterheda1325 wisehede1340 slyness1357 sapience1377 wisdomhood138. prudencea1382 sapienta1400 sentencec1400 advice?a1439 sophyc1440 profunditya1500 wittiness1543 Minerva1601 depth1605 Sophia1649 visionariness1817 the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > scholarly knowledge, erudition > [noun] learningc897 wisdomc950 witnessc950 lore971 clergya1225 wit1297 apprise1303 gramaryec1320 clergisea1330 cunning1340 lering1340 sciencea1387 schoola1393 studya1393 art?a1400 cunningnessa1400 leara1400 sophyc1440 doctrinec1460 mathesisa1475 grammarc1500 doctorship1567 knowledge1576 scholarship1579 virtuosoship1666 erudition1718 eruditenessa1834 Wissenschaft1834 savantism1855 scholarment1896 c1440 J. Capgrave Life St. Katherine v. 1020 It had ben beter to haue kepte the same sophie Whiche þat youre maysteris lerned you first in scole! 1557 Earl of Surrey et al. Songes & Sonettes sig. P.ii^v Coom fight with mee..that, in my shield, The seuenfold sophie of Minerue contein. 1588 J. Harvey Discoursiue Probl. conc. Prophesies 10 Who knoweth not the difference betweene..semblance, and assurance; docosophy, and sophy? 2. One or other of the various sciences, departments of study, etc. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > branch of knowledge > [noun] craftOE lorec1290 cunning1340 facultyc1384 sciencea1387 intelligencea1393 disciplinea1398 masterya1425 learning1570 skill1570 doctrine1594 ism1680 ology1811 ography1828 sophya1843 osophy1851 a1843 R. Southey Common-place Bk. (1851) 4th Ser. 578/1 The various sophy's—cosmosophy, kerdosophy. 1869 Contemp. Rev. 11 456 Moyen..would sometimes utter himself in their particular sophy. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online December 2020). † sophyn.³ Etymology: Originally in plural sophies , < Latin sophi sophi n. Obsolete. a. A wise or learned man; a sage. ΘΠ the mind > mental capacity > understanding > wisdom, sagacity > wise man, sage > [noun] wise manc888 wisec897 witec900 snoterc950 divinera1387 sage1399 mage?a1425 wisdom1432 wizardc1440 sapientc1550 Solomon1554 oracle1579 sophy1587 Solon1631 sapientipotent1656 magus1700 wiseacre1753 sageshipa1832 Yoda1984 1587 Sir P. Sidney & A. Golding tr. P. de Mornay Trewnesse Christian Relig. Pref. sig. **i Some small sparkes of..wisdome..the which they haue afterward taught vnto others, and for so doing haue bene called Sophies and Philosophers. 1596 H. Clapham Briefe of Bible* ii. 127 These Sophies finde with the Babe Iesus, onely Marie. 1610 G. Fletcher Christs Victorie 24 To see their King, the Kingly Sophies come. 1654 R. Whitlock Ζωοτομία 47 It were to be wisht their Ideas..were undisputable among the Sophies themselves in Physick. 1678 S. Butler Hudibras: Third Pt. iii. i. 82 Sir, (Quoth the Voice) Y' are no such Sophy, As You would have the World judge of Ye. b. With the epithet grand (after Sophy n.¹). Π a1635 T. Randolph Poems (1652) 3 You that nothing have Like Schollars but a Beard and Gowne, for me May pass for good grand Sophies. 1656 R. Sanderson 20 Serm. 179 Whereof Plato and Aristotle and all the other grand Sophies among them were ignorant. 1688 W. Bates Harmony Divine Attrib. (ed. 3) v. 96 The grand Sophies of the World esteemed it absurd and unreasonable [etc.]. c. In disparaging or sarcastic use. ΘΠ the mind > mental capacity > understanding > wisdom, sagacity > wise man, sage > pretender to wisdom, wiseacre > [noun] owl1568 tire-brain1589 wiseacre1595 Solonist1607 formalist1612 nodder1625 Solon1631 wiseling1633 self-wiseling1649 sophy1649 Solomon1656 conjurer1668 wisdomship1692 sage1751 wisehead1756 wisebones1894 1649 Col. le Strange in Plume MSS. (Maldon, Essex) And like those sophies who would drown a fish I am condemn'd to suffer what I wish. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online September 2021). > see also also refers to : -sophycomb. form < n.¹1539n.²c1440n.³1587 see also
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