foolship

plural foolships

1. uncountableusuallyThe condition of being a fool; foolishness; folly

   Of old, your Fool did make your sage one tremble; but my foolship hath not found it so.

   1832, William Henry Ireland, Vortigern

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   The devil on your foolship! — Oh, I must walk the dark foggy way that spits fire and brimstone.

   1833, James Shirley, William Gifford, Alexander Dyce, The dramatic works and poems of James Shirley

2. humorousoftenuncountableusuallyUsed as a title or a form of address for a foolish person

   “Precisely. And no Sir about it, half-boy, half-man. Deegan will do. Or your foolship."

   1994, Elizabeth Winthrop, The Battle for the Castle

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   To this Philip replied, “We give your Foolship to know that in temporals we are subject to no person.”

   1895, History of Monetary Systems

   [...] But has only bamboozel'd by scratches and knocks / A set of old wives, silly peers, and mad bucks, / Who willing to try what their foolships could do / [...]

   1965, Douglas Grant, The Cock Lane Ghost