† ˈfoltish, a. Obs.
Also 4 foltishe, foltisch, 5 foltysch, 6 foultish.
[f. folt n. + -ish.]
Foolish, besotted, silly.
| c 1380 Wyclif Serm. Sel. Wks. I. 309 Foltish chaffering. c 1430 Lydg. Min. Poems (Percy Soc.) 166 A foltissh face. 1566 Drant Horace's Sat. ii. iii. G iv b, No reason is this foultishe flocke from madnes to exile. |