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h earnest inquisition. Latimer. Let not search and inquisition quail To bring again these foolish runaways. Shak.

Without reason; madly; foolishly.

Wanting sensibility; destitute of sense; stupid; foolish. The silence and the calm Of mute, insensate things. Wordsworth. The meddling folly or insensate ambition of statesmen. Buckle. -- In*sen"sate*ly, adv. -- In*sen"sate*ness, n.

Wanting wisdom; stupid; foolish. [R.] Clarendon. -- n.

Not according to reason; absurd; foolish. It seemed utterly irrational any longer to maintain it. I. Taylor.

Birdlime. Like the lime That foolish birds are caught with. Wordsworth.

Idiocy; imbecility; fatuity; foolishness.

Foolish talk; nonsense; folly. [Obs.]

Having a mind of a jester; foolish. Shak.

Foolish; silly; simple; ignorant; also, weak; effeminate. [Obs.] Gower. But say that we ben wise and nothing nice. Chaucer.

Without sense; unmeaning; absurb; foolish; irrational; preposterous. -- Non*sen"si*cal*ly, adv. -- Non*sen"si*cal*ness, n.

Given to foolish or visionary expectations; whimsical; fanciful; as, a notional man.

Originally, an elf's child; a changeling left by fairies or goblins; hence, a deformed or foolish child; a simpleton; an idiot.

: An expression of an opinion or judgment upon what one has observed; a remark. "That's a foolish observation." Shak. To observations which ourselves we make We grow more partial for the observer's sake. Pope.

At some one period of time; -- used indefinitely. My soul had once some foolish fondness for thee. Addison. That court which we shall once govern. Bp. Hall.

Foolish discourse. [R.]

To utter foolishly or excessively; to surpass in babbling. [R.] Milton.

Having a predelection for; inclined to favor unreasonably; foolishly fond. "A partial parent." Pope. Not partial to an ostentatious display. Sir W. Scott.

aving small sums while losing larger; -- used chiefly in the phrase, penny wise and pound foolish.

To talk much and to little purpose; to be loquacious; to speak foolishly; to babble. To prate and talk for life and honor. Shak. And make a fool presume to prate of love. Dryden.