Книга: Everard Florence «A Noble Fool»

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• noble —    A frequently used element in Shakespearean vocatives, referring to high social position, genteel birth, admirable characteristics, and so on. The word is so over worked that one suspects it must have been very often little more than a… …   A dictionary of epithets and terms of address

• fool — fool1 /foohl/, n. 1. a silly or stupid person; a person who lacks judgment or sense. 2. a professional jester, formerly kept by a person of royal or noble rank for amusement: the court fool. 3. a person who has been tricked or deceived into… …   Universalium

• fool, you —    A common insult since the seventeenth century, perhaps used with more insulting contempt now than then. In Shakespeare’s time ‘fool’, ‘poor fool’, and the like could be used on occasion as terms of endearment or genuine pity. In modern times… …   A dictionary of epithets and terms of address

• Noble savage — For the Virgin Steele album, see Noble Savage (album). A detail from Benjamin West s heroic, neoclassical history painting, The Death of General Wolfe (1771), depicting an idealized Native American. The term noble savage (French, bon sau …   Wikipedia

• fool — fool1 noun 1》 a person who acts unwisely.     ↘archaic a person who is duped or imposed on. 2》 historical a jester or clown, especially one retained in a royal or noble household. verb 1》 trick, deceive, or dupe. 2》 (usu. fool about/around) act… …   English new terms dictionary

• Noble court — For alternative meanings of the word court , see: Court (disambiguation). A royal or noble court, as an instrument of government broader than a court of justice, comprises an extended household centred on a patron whose rule may govern law or be… …   Wikipedia