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Search phrase: fop

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King LearKL I.ii.14Go to the creating a whole tribe of fopsGoe to th'creating a whole tribe of Fops
King LearKL I.ii.118This is the excellent foppery of the world, thatThis is the excellent foppery of the world, that
King LearKL I.iv.164For wise men are grown foppishFor wisemen are growne foppish,
Measure for MeasureMM I.ii.132truth, I had as lief have the foppery of freedom astruth, I had as lief haue the foppery of freedome, as
The Merchant of VeniceMV II.v.34Let not the sound of shallow foppery enterLet not the sound of shallow fopperie enter
The Merry Wives of WindsorMW V.v.124powers, drove the grossness of the foppery into apowers, droue the grossenesse of the foppery into a
OthelloOth IV.ii.194find myself fopped in it.finde my selfe fopt in it.

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Glossary

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fantasticshowy dresser, fop, dandy
fool and featherfoolishness and foppery [feathered plumes]
fopfool, buffoon, jackass
foppedduped, cheated, hoodwinked
fopperyfolly, foolishness, stupidity
fopperyfoolish prank, hoax, deceit
foppishfoolish, silly, stupid
pickedfastidious, neat, foppish
vanityfop, dandy, dude

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foolishness and fopperyfool and feather
fopvanity
fopfantastic
foppery, foolishness andfool and feather
foppishpicked

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Words Families

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Word FamilyWord Family GroupWords
FOPBASICfop n, fopped adj, foppery n, foppish adj

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