Foolish, 1) unwise, absurd, perverse: Sonn. 141, 10. Tp. I, 2, 479. Gentl. I, 2, 57. Meas. II, 4, 24. V, 241. LLL V, 2, 374. Mids. III, 2, 319. Merch. II, 3, 13. As II, 2, 21. IV, 1, 105. V, 3, 41. Tw. V, 73. H6A III, 2, 112. H6B III, 1, 225. H6C II, 6, 108. R3 IV, 1, 104. Troil. V, 3, 79. Caes. II, 2, 105. Lr. I, 2, 197 etc.
2) behaving ridiculously, in the manner of a jester: Lucr. 1813. Err. II, 2, 30. LLL IV, 2, 68. V, 2, 584. Mids. III, 1, 137.
3) stupid: Gentl. II, 4, 174. IV, 4, 71. Wiv. III, 3, 205. Shr. IV, 1, 130. John III, 1, 46. H4A II, 4, 446. R3 IV, 2, 56. Ant. III, 3, 34.
4) Used as a term of modesty in recommending a thing: “he, of all the men that ever my f. eyes looked upon, was the best deserving a fair lady,” Merch. I, 2, 130. “we have a trifling f. banquet towards,” Rom. I, 5, 124.
Shakespeare Lexicon. Alexander Schmidt. Berlin. Georg Reimer. 1902.
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