NUPSON NOUN a simpleton, a fool ...1607 obs. ETYMOLOGY of unknown origin; possibly from nup (a fool) + son FIRST DOCUMENTED USE 1607 - see EXAMPLE below EXAMPLE "...Phantastes. She thinks Mendacio speaks to her, mark now, mark how truly she will answer: what say you Madam? Lingua. I say Phantastes is a foolish transparent gull: a meer fanatick nupson in my imagination not worthy to sit as a Judges assistant..." From: Lingua: or The Combat of the Tongue, and the Fiue Senses for Superiority A Pleasant Comoedie - Thomas Tomkis
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