PARA-334-Silly: Spindel
Caretaker Status: Unknown
Affiliated companion(s): none
Level 4 - abstract
Word: Silly
Origin:
Old English gesælig "happy, fortuitous, prosperous" (related to sæl "happiness"), from Proto-Germanic *sæligas (source also of Old Norse sæll "happy," Old Saxon salig, Middle Dutch salich, Old High German salig, German selig "blessed, happy, blissful," Gothic sels "good, kindhearted").
The word's considerable sense development moved from "happy" to "blessed" to "pious," to "innocent" (c. 1200), to "harmless," to "pitiable" (late 13c.), "weak" (c. 1300), to "feeble in mind, lacking in reason, foolish" (1570s). Further tendency toward "stunned, dazed as by a blow" (1886) in knocked silly, etc.
Definition:
Laughable or amusing through foolishness or a foolish appearance.
Magic Status: 0 - Uninitiated
Wisdom Status: 0 - Unaware