Let not the sound of shallow foppery enter My sober house.
Shak.
Fop"pish (?), a. Foplike; characteristic of a top in dress or manners;
making an ostentatious display of gay clothing; affected in manners.
Syn. -- Finical; spruce; dandyish. See Finical.
-- Fop"pish*ly, adv. -- Fop"pish*ness, n.
For- (&?;). [AS. for-; akin to D. & G. ver- , OHG. fir-, Icel. for-,
Goth. fra-, cf. Skr. par- away, Gr. &?; beside, and E. far, adj. Cf.
Fret to rub.] A prefix to verbs, having usually the force of a negative
or privative. It often implies also loss, detriment, or destruction,
and sometimes it is intensive, meaning utterly, quite thoroughly, as in
forbathe.
For (?), prep. [AS. for, fore; akin to OS. for, fora, furi, D. voor,
OHG. fora, G. vor, OHG. furi, G. f¸r, Icel. fyrir, Sw. fˆr, Dan. for,
adv. fˆr, Goth. fa˙r, fa˙ra, L. pro, Gr. &?;, Skr. pra-. √ 202.
Cf. Fore, First, Foremost, Forth, Pro-.] In the most general sense,
indicating that in consideration of, in view of, or with reference to,
which anything is done or takes place.
1. Indicating the antecedent cause or occasion of an action; the motive
or inducement accompanying and prompting to an act or state; the reason
of anything; that on account of which a thing is or is done.
With fiery eyes sparkling for very wrath.
Shak.
How to choose dogs for scent or speed.
Waller.
Now, for so many glorious actions done, For peace at home, and for
the public wealth, I mean to crown a bowl for CÊsar's health.
Dryden.
That which we, for our unworthiness, are afraid to crave, our
prayer is, that God, for the worthiness of his Son, would,
notwithstanding, vouchsafe to grant.
Hooker.
2. Indicating the remoter and indirect object of an act; the end or
final cause with reference to which anything is, acts, serves, or is
done.
The oak for nothing ill, The osier good for twigs, the poplar for
the mill.
Spenser.
It was young counsel for the persons, and violent counsel for the
matters.
Bacon.
Shall I think the worls was made for one, And men are born for
kings, as beasts for men, Not for protection, but to be devoured?
Dryden.
For he writes not for money, nor for praise.
Denham.
3. Indicating that in favor of which, or in promoting which, anything
is, or is done; hence, in behalf of; in favor of; on the side of; --
opposed to against.
We can do nothing against the truth, but for the truth.