morosoph

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Hereby may you perceive how much I do attribute to the wise foolery of our morosoph Triboulet.

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  1. A philosophical or learned fool. Hereby you may perceive how much I do attribute to the wise foolery of our morosoph, Triboulet. Rabelais, tr. by Ozell, iii. 46. (Nares.)

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  1. from Old French morosophe, from LGr. μωρόσοφος, foolishly wise, from Greek μωρός, foolish, + σοφός, wise. Cf. sophomore.
 

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