toyous
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English
Etymology
Adjective
toyous (comparative more toyous, superlative most toyous)
- (obsolete) Having little importance; trivial, pointless.
- 1602, William Warner, “The Fifth Booke. Chapter XXVII.”, in Albions England. A Continued Historie of the Same Kingdome, from the Originals of the First Inhabitants thereof: , 5th edition, London: Edm Bollifant for George Potter, , →OCLC, page 134:
- This is my reſt: if more I knevv I ſhould but knovv too much, / Or build in my conceited brayne too high aboue my touch, / Or elſe againft the haire in all prooue toyous: […]
References
- “toyous, adj.”, in OED Online
, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
