a. Obs. Also 4 foltishe, foltisch, 5 foltysch, 6 foultish. [f. FOLT sb. + -ISH.] Foolish, besotted, silly.
c. 1380. Wyclif, Serm., Sel. Wks. I. 309. Noo drede God axiþ acountis of þis foltish chaffering.
c. 1430. Lydg., Min. Poems (Percy Soc.), 166. A foltissh face and rude of eloquence.
1566. Drant, Horace’s Sat., II. iii. G iv b. No reason is this foultishe flocke from madnes to exile.
