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sophi en · NOUN · etymology 1

Pronunciation

• /ˈsɒfiː/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• /ˈsɒfaɪ/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• sŏʹfī (Received-Pronunciation)
• sŏʹfē (Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

From the Latin sophī, the nominative plural form of sophus, from the Ancient Greek σοφός (sophós).

Meanings

1. (obsolete, plural, plural-only) Wise men; sages.
   • Valladolid, our Athens gins to tast Of thy ranck filth, Camphire and Lettuce chast, Are cleane casheird, now Sophi Ringoes eate, Candid Potatoes, are Athenians meate. 1598: John Marston, The Scourge of Villanie, Three Books of Satyres, volume 1, chapter 3, page 181 (1966 republication)

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sophi en · NOUN · etymology 2

Meanings

1. (alt-of, obsolete, uncountable) Obsolete form of Sufi.
   alt of Sufi
   • Iſhmael, who conquered Perſia, was himſelf a ſophi, and greatly valued himſelf on his being ſo. He choſe all the guards of his perſon from among the religious of this order; and would have all the great lords of his court ſophis. 1728, Ephraim Chambers, editor, Cyclopædia, or an Universal Dictionary of Arts and Sciences, 1st edition, volume 2, London: printed for J. and J. Knapton [et al.], →OCLC, page 97:

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