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Funge
Funge
,Noun.
[L.
fungus
mushroom, dolt.] A blockhead; a dolt; a fool.
[Obs.]
Burton.
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funge
funge
English
Noun
funge (plural funges)
- (obsolete) A fungus.
- (obsolete) A fool or simpleton.
- 1621, Robert Burton, The Anatomy of Melancholy, II.3.2:
- Be not ashamed of thy birth then, thou art a gentleman all the world over, and shalt be honoured, whenas he, strip him of his fine clothes, dispossess him of his wealth, is a funge […].
- 1621, Robert Burton, The Anatomy of Melancholy, II.3.2: