or nupson, subs.—A fool: see BUFFLE and CABBAGE-HEAD.
1598. JONSON, Every Man in his Humour, iv. 4. Oh that I were so happy as to light upon a NUPSON now. Ibid. (1616), The Devil is an Ass, ii. 2. Who having matched with such a NUPSON.
1607. T. TOMKIS, Lingua, or the Five Senses, ii. 1 [DODSLEY, Old Plays (REED), V. 149]. Mendacio. ’Tis he indeed, the vilest NUP; yet the fool loves me exceedingly. Ibid., iv. 18. 238. Lingua. I say Phantastes is a foolish transparent gull; a mere fanatic NUPSON.
1785. GROSE, A Classical Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue., s.v.
