Anonymous, Mundus Foppensis or the Fop Displayed (1691)

Full Text
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Date
1691
Author
Lexicon title
A Short Supplement to the Fop-Dictionary, so far as concerns the present Matter
Book title
Mundus Foppensis: Or, The Fop Display'd. Being The Ladies VINDICATION, In Answer to a late Pamphlet, Entituled, Mundus Muliebris: Or, The Ladies Dressing-Room Unlock'd, &c. In Burlesque. Together with a short SUPPLEMENT to the Fop-Dictionary: Compos'd for the use of the Town-Beaus.
Publication place
London
Publisher
John Harris
Transcription source
EEBO; Women Writers Online
Text type
printed book
Genre
Hard-word, term-of-art, and dialect dictionaries, glossaries, and definitions
Subject area
  • fashion
  • hard words
Summary
A short burlesque glossary, largely of French terms, that relate to the clothes, make-up, and manners of the "Town-Beaus." A reply to Mary Evelyn's Mundus muliebris.
Language
headwords: English / French
explanations: English
explanations: English
Extent
d1v-d2r
Word-group
type: alphabetical
Word-entry
type: headword
number: 26
sample: To adjust a Man's self. That is, to dress himself.
Wing
M3076
Modern editions
Augustan Reprint Society, no. 248 (1988)