The Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue dates from 1811 and this is probably the only full, uncensored and searchable version of this dictionary on the internet. All the original crudities have been restored and it offers an interesting perspective on Common English from the time of the Regency and Jane Austen.

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Entries releated to FOOLISH

 

ADDLE PATE		An inconsiderate foolish fellow.
BENISH		Foolish.
CAKE, or CAKEY		A foolish fellow.
CHUB		He is a young chub, or a mere chub; i.e. a foolish fellow, easily imposed on: an illusion to a fish of that name, easily taken.
CORK-BRAINED		Light-headed, foolish.
DEEP-ONE		A thorough-paced rogue, a sly designing fellow: in opposition to a shallow or foolish one.
FOOLISH		An expression among impures, signifying the cully who pays, in opposition to a flash man. Is he foolish or flash?
GABBY		A foolish fellow.
GRINAGOG, THE CAT'S UNCLE		A foolish grinning fellow, one who grins without reason.
HOB OR NOB		Will you hob or nob with me? a question formerly in fashion at polite tables, signifying a request or challenge to drink a glass of wine with the proposer: if the party challenged answered Nob, they were to chuse whether white or red. This foolish custom is said to have originated in the days of good queen Bess, thus: when great chimnies were in fashion, there was at each corner of the hearth, or grate, a small elevated projection, called the hob; and behind it a seat. In winter time the beer was placed on the hob to warm: and the cold beer was set on a small table, said to have been called the nob; so that the question, Will you have hob or nob? seems only to have meant, Will you have warm or cold beer? i.e. beer from the hob, or beer from the nob.
HONEY MOON		The first month after marriage. A poor honey; a harmless, foolish, goodnatured fellow. It is all honey or a t - d with them; said of persons who are either in the extremity of friendship or enmity, either kissing or fighting.
NICKUMPOOP, or NINCUMPOOP		A foolish fellow; also one who never saw his wife's cunt.
PAPER SCULL		A thin-scull'd foolish fellow.
PENNY-WISE AND POUND FOOLISH		Saving in small matters, and extravagant in great.
RAWHEAD AND BLOODY BONES		A bull beggar, or scarechild, with which foolish nurses terrify crying brats.
SAMMY		Foolish. Silly.
SAPSCULL		A simple fellow. Sappy; foolish.
SIMKIN		A foolish fellow.
SIMPLETON		Abbreviation of simple Tony or Anthony, a foolish fellow.
SINGLETON		A very foolish fellow; also a particular kind of nails.
SQUEEZE WAX		A good-natured foolish fellow, ready to become security for another, under hand and seal.
SQUIRISH		Foolish.
UPPER STORY, or GARRET		Figuratively used to signify the head. His upper story or garrets are unfurnished; i.e. he is an empty or foolish fellow.
WINDMILLS IN THE HEAD		Foolish projects.
WINDY		Foolish. A windy fellow; a simple fellow.
WISEACRE		A foolish conceited fellow.