Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A philosophical or learned fool.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun obsolete A philosophical or learned fool.
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- noun obsolete A
philosophical orlearned fool .
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- noun a learned fool
Etymologies
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Examples
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I swear to you, by the prickling brambly thorn of St. Fiacre in Brie, that our unique morosoph, whom I formerly termed the lunatic Triboulet, referreth me, for attaining to the final resolution of my scruple, to the response-giving bottle.
Five books of the lives, heroic deeds and sayings of Gargantua and his son Pantagruel 2002
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Hereby may you perceive how much I do attribute to the wise foolery of our morosoph Triboulet.
Five books of the lives, heroic deeds and sayings of Gargantua and his son Pantagruel 2002
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I swear to you, by the prickling brambly thorn of St. Fiacre in Brie, that our unique morosoph, whom I formerly termed the lunatic Triboulet, referreth me, for attaining to the final resolution of my scruple, to the response-giving bottle.
Five books of the lives, heroic deeds and sayings of Gargantua and his son Pantagruel 2002
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Hereby may you perceive how much I do attribute to the wise foolery of our morosoph Triboulet.
Five books of the lives, heroic deeds and sayings of Gargantua and his son Pantagruel 2002
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I swear to you, by the prickling brambly thorn of St. Fiacre in Brie, that our unique morosoph, whom I formerly termed the lunatic Triboulet, referreth me, for attaining to the final resolution of my scruple, to the response-giving bottle.
Gargantua and Pantagruel, Illustrated, Book 3 Fran��ois Rabelais 1518
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Hereby may you perceive how much I do attribute to the wise foolery of our morosoph Triboulet.
Gargantua and Pantagruel, Illustrated, Book 3 Fran��ois Rabelais 1518
johnmperry commented on the word morosoph
cf sophomore?
June 18, 2008
Logophile77 commented on the word morosoph
I hate this word. Just say sophomore.
January 23, 2018