fopdoodle 
fopdoodle (fop'do"dl), ii. [Formerly also fob- 
doodle (so cited in Brein. Diet., I. 437), and/op- 
doudcll; < fop 2 + doodle 1 ."] An insignificant or 
contemptible fellow. 
Bee blith, fopdmidells. 
.!/>'. Anhmole, Cat., col. 48. (Uallimll.) 
Where sturdy butchers broke your noddle, 
And handled you like a fopdoodle. 
S. Butler, Hudibras. 
fopling (fop'ling), M. [< fojfl + -ling*.] A petty 
fop. 
Tis mean for empty praise of wit to write, 
Asfopplings grin to show their teeth are white. 
Brown, Essay on Satire, ii. 
Letfoplings sneer, let fools deride. 
Whittier, The Shoemakers. 
foppery (fop'er-i), n. and a. [< /op2 + -try, 
after D. fopperij = G. fopperei, vopperei, cheat- 
ing, hoax, mystification.] I. n. ; pi. fopperies 
(-iz). 1. Foolishness; foolery; foolish vanity; 
vain show. 
Let not the sound of shallow fopperj/ enter 
My sober house. Shak., M. of V., ii. 5. 
But I shall discover to ye, readers, that this his praising 
of them is as full of nonsense and scholastic foppery as 
his meaning he himself discovers to be full of close ma- 
lignity. Milton, Apology for Smectymuuus. 
The design spreads, till at last true piety and goodness 
be swallowed up by superstitious fopperies. 
Stillinrijleet, Sermons, II. i. 
2f. A foolish or mocking exhibition. 
And I am sorry to hear how other nations do much tax 
the English of their incivility to public ministers of state, 
and what ballads and pasqnils, and fopperies and plays, 
were made against Goiuiamar for doing his master's busi* 
ness. Howell, Letters (1650). 
3. Vain ornaments ; gewgaws. 
To adorn them [pipes] with beautiful wings and feathers 
of birds, as likewise with peak, beads, or other such fop- 
pery. Beverley, Virginia, iii. 1 20. 
4. Affectation of precision in trifles, or fastid- 
ious observance of the prevailing fashion; dan- 
dyism : as, the foppery of dress or of manners. 
I wish I could say quaint fopperies were wholly absent 
from graver subjects. Swift. 
I have known a woman that never was out of the parish 
of the St. James's betray as many foreign fopperies in her 
carriage as she could have gleaned up in half the coun- 
tries of Europe. Addition, Fashions from France. 
Il.t a. Foppish; foolish. Davies. 
Let any Persian oppugn this, and in spite of his hairie 
tuft, or lovelock, . . . I'll set my foot to his, and fight it 
out with him, that their foppery god is not so good as a 
Ked-herring. Nashe, Lenten Stuffe (Harl. Misc., VI. 167). 
foppish (fop'ish), a. [</op2 + -fefci.] Pertain- 
ing to or characteristic of a fop ; affecting or 
manifesting ostentatious nicety in dress and 
manner; dandyish. 
I appeal, whether it is not better and much more pleas- 
ing to see the old Fashion of a dead Friend, or Relation, 
or of a Man of Distinction, Painted as he was, than a fop- 
pish Night-Gown, and odd Quoifure which never belonged 
to the Person Painted. Lister, Journey to Paris, p. 40. 
He was a handsome fellow in a manly way, which even 
the faultless precision of his attire could not make fop- 
pah. Harper's Mag., LXXVI. 611. 
= Syn. See finical. 
foppishly (fop'ish-li), adv. In a foppish man- 
ner; in a vain, trifling, or affected manner as 
to dress or deportment. 
foppishness (fop'ish-nes), n. The condition 
or quality of being foppish. 
But this foppishness 
Is wearisome; I could at our saint Antlins, 
Sleeping and all, sit twenty times as long. 
Randolph, Muses Looking-glass, ii. 4. 
foppityt (fop'i-ti), n. [Irreg. < fop? + -4ty (here 
dim.).] A simpleton ; a foolish trifler. 
Why does this little foppitee laugh always ? 'tis such a 
ninny that she betrays her mistris, and thinks she does 
not hurt at all, no, not she. 
Cowley, Cutter of Coleman Street. 
for (fdr), prep, and conj. [I. prep. < ME. for, 
' for,' in most of the mod. uses, also, rarely, in 
the orig. sense 'before' (in place or time), < 
AS. for, before (in place, L. coram), for, on ac- 
count of, because of, with, by, through, accord- 
ing to, instead of, etc., in all uses alternating 
with its fuller form, AS. and ME. fore, before, 
for, etc.; = OS. for, far, and fora, fwri = 
OFries. for and fore, fori = D. vow = MLG. 
LG. vor, viir, for = OHG. fora, MHG. vore, vor, 
G. vor, before, also OHG./r, before, for, MHG. 
viir, Gt.fiir, for, = Iee\.fyrir, before, for, = Sw. 
for, before, for, = Dan. for, for, for, before, = 
Goth./aiw and/awa, before, for. Closely con- 
nected with fore 1 and for- 1 , for 2 , and remotely 
with forth 1 , from, and far 1 . The various forms 
and uses mingle, and cannot be entirely sepa- 
rated ; so with the cognate L. prte, before, in 
front (see pre-) ; L. pro = Gr. vp6, before, for, 
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instead of, etc., = Skt. pro, forward, forth, 
fore (see pro-); Gr. Trdpos, before, for, etc., 
irapa, before, beside, etc., ntpa, beyond; Skt. 
puras, before, forward, in front, para, away, 
forth, para, far, beyond, etc. (see para-). See 
fore 1 , afore, before, etc., for- 1 , for 2 , forth, from, 
far 1 , farther, further, etc. II. conj. < ME. for (= 
Dan. for, fordi), conj., abbr. of the various con- 
junctional phrases for that, for thon that, for 
thon the, for tin that, for thi the, < AS. for tham, 
for than, for thy, for tham the, for thon the, for 
'thy the, i. e., 'for this [reason, namely,] that' 
. . . for, prep. ; tham, thy, dat. and instr., respec- 
tively, of theet, that, neut. demonst. pron. ; the, 
conj., that. Similarly ere 1 , before, after, etc., 
conj., from the prep.] I. prep. If. Before. 
(a) In place : Before the face of ; in presence of. 
Moni mon is ... erm [poor) for worlde and uniseli 
[unblessed, i. e., wicked)/or Code. 
Old Bng. Homilies (ed. Morris), I. 113. 
(6) In time. 
Oif hit beo holiniht vor the feste. Ancren Riwle, p. 22. 
(c) In order or degree. 
The statutz of Clarendone ech bischop holde scholde 
And nameliche theo for alle other. 
Life of Btket (ed. Black), 1. 720. 
[In these uses rare and only in early Middle English.) 
2. In the direction of; toward ; with the view 
of reaching, (a) Expressing the objective point or end 
in view : as, he set out/or London; bound for Hong Kong. 
What, are you for this great solemnity 
Tills morn intended ? 
Beau, and Fl., Knight of Malta, i. 1. 
Seeing many Isles in the midst of the Bay, we bore vp 
for them. Quoted in Capt. John Smith's Works, I. 174. 
I intend, Ood willing, to go for Sardinia this Spring. 
llowell, Letters, I. iii. 13. 
(b) Expressing inclination, tendency, or bent : as, an itch 
for scribbling; a taste for art; a love for drink. 
A passion for dress and ornament pervaded all ranks. 
Irving, Granada, p. 5. 
3. In quest of; with a view to the coming or 
attainment of; in order to obtain or attain to; 
as expecting or seeking : as, waiting for the 
morning ; to send for persons and papers ; to 
write for money or for fame. 
I kneel for justice : shall I have it, sir? 
Fletcher and Rowley, Maid in the Mill, iii. 2. 
4. In place of; instead of; in consideration 
of : as, to pay a dollar for a thing; two for five 
cents. 
To proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord, ... to 
comfort all that mourn, ... to give unto them beauty 
for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of 
praise for the spirit of heaviness. Isa. Ixi. 2, 8. 
I'll give my jewels for a set of beads, 
My gorgeous palace for a hermitage. 
Shak., Rich. II., iii. 3. 
And for loud hymns, 
Chanted by kneeling multitudes, the wind 
Shrieks in the solitary aisles. 
Brt/ant, Hymn to Death. 
6. As an offset to; as offsetting; correspond- 
ing to: as, to give blow for blow. 
Another Nightingale repeats her Layes, 
lust Note for Note, and adds som Strain at last, 
That she hath conned all the Winter past. 
Sylvester, tr. of Dn Bartas's Weeks, i. 5. 
For one virtue you shall find ten vices in the same party. 
Burton, Anat. of Mel., To the Reader, p. 60. 
Weight for weight is not much more than one half of 
the strength in tin of the crystals. 
O'Neill, Dyeing ami Calico Printing, p. 435. 
6. In the place and behalf of: as, he acted as 
attorney for another. 
In due time Christ died for the ungodly. Rom. v. 6. 
He with his whole posterity must die ; 
Die he or justice must : unless fur him 
Some other able, and as willing, pay 
The rigid satisfaction, death for death. 
Milton, P. L., iii. 210. 
7. In the interest of; with a view to the use, 
benefit, comfort, convenience, etc., of: express- 
ing purpose or object : as, the earth was made 
for man ; to provide for a family. 
Shall I think the world was made for one, 
And men are born for kings, as beasts for men, 
Not for protection, but to be devoured ? 
Dryden, Spanish Friar. 
8. On account of; because of ; with regard to : 
as, to fear for one's life. 
Than he comaunded to the kynge Oondofles to go take 
vengauuce for his nevewes, and he seide he wolde. 
Merlin (E. E. T. S.), iii. 593. 
They embrace not virtue for itself, but its reward. 
Sir T. Brottme, Vulg. Err. 
The criminals would answer nothing/or themselves. 
Addition, Trial of False Affronts. 
9. In favor of ; on the side of : as, to vote for 
a person or a measure ; I am for peace. 
The Danes and Londoners, grown now in a manner Da- 
nish, were all/or Hardecanute. Milton, Hist. Eng., vi. 
for 
If you are for pleasure, marry ; if you prize rosy health, 
marry. Jer. Taylor. 
A body of men, numerous, respectable, and not without 
influence, who leaned toward monarchy and were for set- 
ting up a King. 
J. B. JUcMaxtn; People of the United States, I. 383. 
10. With reference to the needs, purposes, or 
uses of: as, salt is good for cattle; skins are 
used for rugs. 
The Birch for shaftes; the Sallow for the mill ; 
The Mirrlie sweete-bleeding in the bitter wound ; 
The warlike Beech ; the Ash for nothing ill. 
Spenser, F. Q., I. i. 9. 
I made a Garden vpon the top of a Rocky He ... in 
May, that grew so well as it serued vsfor Sallets in luue 
and luly. Capt. John Smith, Works, II. 188. 
11. In the character of ; as; as being: as, to be 
taken for a thief ; he was left for dead on the 
field. 
Thei clayme Bretaigne/or theiers, and I clayme Rome 
for myn. Merlin (E. E. T. S.), iii. 642. 
Whilom he serued in his panterie, 
& was outlawed for a felone. 
Robert of Brunne, p. 33. 
A man may be allowed to keep poisons in his closet, but 
not to vend them about for cordials. 
Svrift, Gulliver's Travels, Ii. 6. 
12. Because or by reason of; as affected or 
influenced by: as, he cried out for anguish; 
but for me he would have gone. 
Edward and Richard, . . . 
With fiery eyes, sparkling for very wrath, . . . 
Are at our backs. Shak., 3 Hen. VI., ii. 6. 
We could not get two myles vp it [the river) with our 
boat for rockes. Capt. John Smith, Works, I. 118. 
There is scarce any one bad, but some others are the 
worse for him. Sir T. Browne, Christ. Mor., iii. 9. 
Princess Caroline is going to the Bath for a rheumatism. 
Walpole, Letters, II. 14. 
13. By the want of; in the absence or insuf- 
ficiency of: as, to be cramped for space ; to be 
straitened for means. 
With hunger pinch'd, and pinch'd/or room, 
She now presaged approaching doom. 
Cawper, The Retired Cat. 
The inhabitants suffered severely both for provisions 
and fuel. Marshall. 
14. To the extent, number, quantity, or 
amount of: as, he is liable for the whole sum. 
The Lord's men [that Is, the team from Lord's cricket- 
ground in London] were out by half-past twelve o'clock, 
for ninety-eight runs. 
T. Hughes, Tom Brown at Rugby, ii. 8. 
Then, no matter how rough the ground nor how pitchy 
black the night, the cowboys must ride/or all there is in 
them and spare neither their own nor their horses' necks. 
T. Roosevelt, The Century, XXXV. 862. 
15. Through ; throughout; during the continu- 
ance of: as, we traveled for three days; to be 
appointed for life. 
He came to town last week with his family for the win- 
ter. Steele, Tatler, No. 95. 
It Is not reasonable that the king of Spain should quit 
the sovereignty [of the Netherlands] for always. 
Detenler (trans.), quoted in Motley's United Nether- 
lands, IV. 469. 
16. In relation to ; with respect or regard to ; 
as affects or concerns ; as regards : as, sorrow 
is past for him ; as for me, I am content ; for 
the present everything is right. 
Never was there such a state for magnanimity as Rome. 
Bacon, Atheism. 
Thus much/or the beginning and progress of the deluge. 
Burnet. 
17. In proportion or with reference to ; con- 
sidering the state or character of: as, he is 
tall /or his age; it is very well done for him. 
18. Appropriate or adapted to ; suitable to the 
purpose, requirement, character, or state of: 
as, a subject for speculation; a remedy /or the 
toothache; stores for the winter; this is no 
place for a sick man. 
First whan the fre [man] was in the forest fonnde in his 
denne, 
In comely clothes was he clad for any kinges sone. 
William of Palerne (E. E. T. S.), 1. 506. 
Let me alone ; I am not for your purpose. 
Fletcher (and another), False One, iv. 3. 
The Sultana Ayxa, apprised of the imminent danger of 
her son, concerted a plan/or his escape. 
Irving, Granada, p. 26. 
19. In the direction of, or conducive or neces- 
sary to. 
It is for the general good of human society, and conse- 
quently of particular persons, to be true and just ; and it 
is for men's health to be temperate. Tillotson. 
20. In assignment or attribution to ; the share, 
lot, possession, right, duty, or privilege of : as, 
freedom is for the brave ; it is for you to decide. 
A heavy reckoning/or you, sir : hut the comfort is, you 
shall be called to no more payments. 
Shale., Cymbeline, v. 4. 
