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toyous en · ADJ

Etymology

From toy + -ous.

Meanings

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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