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foolship
noun 2
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3VERB + FOOLSHIP
give, tremble
FOOLSHIP + NOUN
hath
PREP.
on
Definitions
noun
1
The condition of being a fool; foolishness; folly
Of old, your Fool did make your sage one tremble; but my foolship hath not found it so.
The devil on your foolship! — Oh, I must walk the dark foggy way that spits fire and brimstone.
2
Used as a title or a form of address for a foolish person
To this Philip replied, “We give your Foolship to know that in temporals we are subject to no person.”
[...] But has only bamboozel'd by scratches and knocks / A set of old wives, silly peers, and mad bucks, / Who willing to try what their foolships could do / [...]
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Of old, your Fool did make your sage one tremble; but my foolship hath not found it so.
Wiktionary02
The devil on your foolship! — Oh, I must walk the dark foggy way that spits fire and brimstone.
Wiktionary03
To this Philip replied, “We give your Foolship to know that in temporals we are subject to no person.”
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