Part 4466

<hw>Fop"-doo`dle</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A stupid or insignaficant fellow; a fool; a simpleton.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<i>Hudibras.</i>

<h1>Fopling</h1> <Xpage=581>

<hw>Fop"ling</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A petty fop.</def>

<i>Landor.</i>

<h1>Foppery</h1> <Xpage=581>

<hw>Fop"per*y</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Fopperies</plw> <tt>(#)</tt></plu>. <ety>[From <er>Fop</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The behavior, dress, or other indication of a fop; coxcombry; affectation of show; showy folly.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Folly; foolery.</def>

<blockquote>Let not the sound of shallow <b>foppery</b> enter My sober house. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Foppish</h1> <Xpage=581>

<hw>Fop"pish</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Foplike; characteristic of a top in dress or manners; making an ostentatious display of gay clothing; affected in manners.</def>

<syn>Syn. -- Finical; spruce; dandyish. See <er>Finical</er>.</syn>

-- <wordforms><wf>Fop"pish*ly</wf>, <tt>adv.</tt> -- <wf>Fop"pish*ness</wf>, <tt>n.</tt></wordforms>

<h1>For-</h1> <Xpage=581>

<hw>For-</hw> <tt>(<?/)</tt>. <ety>[AS. <ets>for-</ets>; akin to D. & G. <ets>ver</ets>-, OHG. <ets>fir</ets>-, Icel. <ets>for</ets>-, Goth. <ets>fra</ets>-, cf. Skr. <ets>par\'be-</ets> away, Gr. <?/ beside, and E. <ets>far</ets>, adj. Cf. <er>Fret</er> to rub.]</ety> <def>A prefix to verbs, having usually the force of a negative or privative. It often implies also <i>loss</i>, <i>detriment</i>, or <i>destruction</i>, and sometimes it is intensive, meaning <i>utterly</i>, <i>quite thoroughly</i>, as in <i>for</i>bathe.</def>

<h1>For</h1> <Xpage=581>

<hw>For</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>prep.</tt> <ety>[AS. <ets>for</ets>, <ets>fore</ets>; akin to OS. <ets>for</ets>, <ets>fora</ets>, <ets>furi</ets>, D. <ets>voor</ets>, OHG. <ets>fora</ets>, G. <ets>vor</ets>, OHG. <ets>furi</ets>, G. <ets>f\'81r</ets>, Icel. <ets>fyrir</ets>, Sw. <ets>f\'94r</ets>, Dan. <ets>for</ets>, adv. <ets>f\'94r</ets>, Goth. <ets>fa\'a3r</ets>, <ets>fa\'a3ra</ets>, L. <ets>pro</ets>, Gr. <?/, Skr. <ets>pra</ets>-. &root; 202. Cf. <er>Fore</er>, <er>First</er>, <er>Foremost</er>, <er>Forth</er>, <er>Pro</er>-.]</ety> <def>In the most general sense, indicating that in consideration of, in view of, or with reference to, which anything is done or takes place.</def>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>Indicating the antecedent cause or occasion of an action; the motive or inducement accompanying and prompting to an act or state; the reason of anything; that on account of which a thing is or is done.</def>

<blockquote>With fiery eyes sparkling <b>for</b> very wrath. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>How to choose dogs <b>for</b> scent or speed. <i>Waller.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Now, <b>for</b> so many glorious actions done, <b>For</b> peace at home, and <b>for</b> the public wealth, I mean to crown a bowl <b>for</b> C\'91sar's health. <i>Dryden.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>That which we, <b>for</b> our unworthiness, are afraid to crave, our prayer is, that God, <b>for</b> the worthiness of his Son, would, notwithstanding, vouchsafe to grant. <i>Hooker.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Indicating the remoter and indirect object of an act; the end or final cause with reference to which anything is, acts, serves, or is done.</def>

<blockquote>The oak <b>for</b> nothing ill, The osier good <b>for</b> twigs, the poplar <b>for</b> the mill. <i>Spenser.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>It was young counsel <b>for</b> the persons, and violent counsel <b>for</b> the matters. <i>Bacon.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Shall I think the worls was made <b>for one</b>, And men are born <b>for</b> kings, as beasts <b>for</b> men, Not <b>for</b> protection, but to be devoured? <i>Dryden.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>For he writes not <b>for</b> money, nor <b>for</b> praise. <i>Denham.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>Indicating that in favor of which, or in promoting which, anything is, or is done; hence, in behalf of; in favor of; on the side of; -- opposed to <i>against</i>.</def>