foolscap的词源

英文词源

foolscap (n.)

also fool's-cap, 1630s, "type of cap worn by a jester;" see fool (n.1) + cap (n.). From c. 1700 as a type of writing paper, so called because it originally was watermarked with a jester's cap.

中文词源

foolscap：大页纸

即小丑帽。因为这种大页纸张的水彩印看起来如同小丑帽而得名。

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