An archaic insult meaning a foolish or silly person, especially a man who acts foolishly; a contemptible or worthless person.
Compound of 'fop' (a foolish man concerned with appearance) + 'doodle' (uncertain origin, possibly from German 'dudel' meaning confusion). Emerged in 17th-century British slang as a contemptuous term.
Fopdoodle was a favorite insult of the 1600s-1700s—it combined disapproval of vanity with general stupidity, making it the perfect word to hurl at someone caring too much about fashion while having no common sense!
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