toyous

adj

toyous

adj

Etymology From toy + -ous.

1

Obsolete Having little importance; trivial, pointless.

  • This is my reſt: if more I knevv I ſhould but knovv too much, / Or build in my conceited brayne too high aboue my touch, / Or elſe againft the haire in all prooue toyous: […]1602, William Warner, “The Fifth Booke. Chapter XXVII.”, in Albions England. A Continued Historie of the Same Kingdome, from the Originals of the First Inhabitants thereof: […], 5th edition, London: […] Edm[und] Bollifant for George Potter, […], →OCLC, page 134:

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