† ˈfopper Obs.
[? f. fop v. + -er1; cf. Ger. fopper, hoaxer, quizzer.]
1. = fop n. 1.
| 1598 Florio, Tentennone..a fopper, a fool. |
2. ? A hoaxer, a buffoon.
| 1659 Torriano, Fiappatore, a flapper, a fopper. 1719 D'Urfey Pills V. 349 Kept Foppers..Pit-Plyers be still. |
So ˈfopperishness, foolishness; † ˈfopperly a., silly, foolish.
| 1599 Nashe Lenten Stuffe 41 Their fopperly god is not so good as a red herring. 1683 Tryon Way to Health Pref., The fopperishness of those things I speak against. |