foolship

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English

Etymology

From fool +‎ -ship.

Noun

foolship (usually uncountable, plural foolships)

  1. The condition of being a fool; foolishness; folly
    • 1832, William Henry Ireland, Vortigern:
      Of old, your Fool did make your sage one tremble; but my foolship hath not found it so.
    • 1833, James Shirley, William Gifford, Alexander Dyce, The dramatic works and poems of James Shirley:
      The devil on your foolship! — Oh, I must walk the dark foggy way that spits fire and brimstone.
  2. (often humorous) Used as a title or a form of address for a foolish person
    • 1895, History of Monetary Systems:
      To this Philip replied, “We give your Foolship to know that in temporals we are subject to no person.”
    • 1965, Douglas Grant, The Cock Lane Ghost:
      [...] But has only bamboozel'd by scratches and knocks / A set of old wives, silly peers, and mad bucks, / Who willing to try what their foolships could do / [...]
    • 1994, Elizabeth Winthrop, The Battle for the Castle:
      “Precisely. And no Sir about it, half-boy, half-man. Deegan will do. Or your foolship."

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