WORD OF THE DAY: GOOSECAP

GOOSECAP
 
NOUN
a silly fellow; a stupid, foolish person; a simpleton; a giddy or flighty young girl ...1589 obs.
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ETYMOLOGY
from goose (n. a foolish person, a simpleton) + cap (n. the head - used in combinations, such as fuddle-cap, etc.)

FIRST DOCUMENTED USE
1589 - see EXAMPLE below

EXAMPLE
"...And so will you Sonnes both, like a couple of goosecaps, (if you looke not to it) as your father did, with your own goose quil..." 
From: Martins Months Minde that is, a Certaine Report, and True Description of the Death, and Funeralls, of Olde Martin Marreprelate, the Great Makebate of England, and Father of the Factious
- Marphoreus (Thomas Nash)