Morosophy
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Morosophy (the wisdom of fools) is a portmanteau of Greek μωρός (moron, dull) and σοφία (sophia, wisdom).
An early use is noted in Erasmus's The Praise of Folly:
- "we'll even call them morosophous, wise fools"
It is also the title of La Morosophie (1553), a work by French writer Guillaume de La Perrière.
A contemporary equivalent word is 'phoolosophy'.
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