fopdoodle
Syllables: fop·doo·dleUK/ˈfɒpduːdəl//ˈfɑpdudəl/
fopdoodle noun: a stupid person; a fool, a simpleton.
Noun
fopdoodle (plural fopdoodles)
- A stupid person; a fool, a simpleton.
- And though you overcame the Bear, / The Dogs beat you at Brentford Fair; / Where sturdy Butchers broke your Noddle, / And handl'd you like a Fop-doodle.1663 (indicated as 1664), [Samuel Butler], “The Second Part of Hudibras. Canto III.”, in Hudibras. The First and Second Parts. […], London: […] John Martyn and Henry Herringman, […], published 1678...
- But among the whole Crowd of theſe Fopdoodles, there is none ſo frantick as my Rival Anſelm, who having the moſt juſt Complaints of any but my ſelf, to make, and perhaps not without reaſon, does nothing all day long but bewail her Abſence, when he knows the way to her again; […]1687, [Miguel de Cervantes], “Containing the Goat-herd’s Story”, in J[ohn] P[hillips], transl., The History of the Most Renowned Don Quixote of Mancha and His Trusty Squire Sancho Pancha, […]...
- Synonyms:
- addle-brain, addlehead, addle pate, airhead, baboon, beanbrain, beetlebrain, beetlehead, berk, bimbo
fopdoodle meaning in Bengali
fopdoodle in Bengali
- একজন নিরর্থক, অযোগ্য ব্যক্তি, বোকা
Examples of fopdoodle in a sentence
- Come, come, you brace of Fopdoodles, where's your French Barber you are both ſo fond of; […]1689, Tho[mas] Shadwell, Bury-Fair. A Comedy, […], London: […] James Knapton, […], →OCLC, Act V, page 56:
- How often did I curse my unlucky fate, and envy the happy non chalance of the fopdoodles who surrounded me.1818 June 6, “a country lad” [pseudonym], “Fashionable Follies. No. III.”, in Oliver Oldstaffe [pseudonym; Nathan Sargent], editor, The...
- But Monsieur take care, of old England beware, / For her children are ready to rise at a ca'; / Your fopdoodle breeding and mountebank cleading, / John Bull he abhors you, flagaries an' a'.1821, R. Hatrick, “The Invasion”, in The Harp of Caledonia: A Collection of Songs, Ancient and Modern, (Chiefly Scottish.) […], volume II...
- When did you turn into such a boring old fopdoodle?2013, Liesel Schwarz, chapter 7, in A Clockwork Heart (Chronicles of Light and Shadow; 2), London: Del Rey, →ISBN, page 76:
Synonyms of fopdoodle
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Forms of fopdoodle
| plural | fopdoodles |
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Origin of fopdoodle
From fop (“vain man, dandy”) + doodle (“(obsolete) mindless person, fool, simpleton”).
Questions about fopdoodle
- What does fopdoodle mean?
- Fopdoodle means a stupid person; a fool, a simpleton.
- What is fopdoodle in Bengali?
- Fopdoodle in Bengali is একজন নিরর্থক, অযোগ্য ব্যক্তি, বোকা. See Fopdoodle meaning in Bengali.
- How do you use fopdoodle in a sentence?
- Come, come, you brace of Fopdoodles, where's your French Barber you are both ſo fond of; […]
- What part of speech is fopdoodle?
- Fopdoodle is a noun.
- How do you pronounce fopdoodle?
- Fopdoodle is pronounced /ˈfɒpduːdəl/ (UK).
- What is the plural of fopdoodle?
- The plural of fopdoodle is fopdoodles.
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