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From fop (“vain man, dandy”) + doodle (“(obsolete) mindless person, fool, simpleton”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
fopdoodle
fop·doo·dleToday it means: A stupid person; a fool, a simpleton. Full definition →
Today it means: A stupid person; a fool, a simpleton. Full definition →
From fop (“vain man, dandy”) + doodle (“(obsolete) mindless person, fool, simpleton”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.