| Lully | |
| —n | |
| 1. | Jean Baptiste (ʒɑ̃ batist), Italian name Giovanni Battista Lulli. 1632--87, French composer, born in Italy; founder of French opera. With Philippe Quinault as librettist, he wrote operas such as Alceste (1674) and Armide (1686); as superintendent of music at the court of Louis XIV, he wrote incidental music to comedies by Molière |
| 2. | Also: Lull RaymondorRamón (raˈmɔn). ?1235--1315, Spanish philosopher, mystic, and missionary. His chief works are Ars generalis sive magna and the Utopian novel Blaquerna |
| a chattering or flighty, light-headed person. |
| a fool or simpleton; ninny. |