Their wits indeed serve them to that sole purpose, to make sport ; in all other discourse, dry, barren, stramineous, dull and heavy, here lies their genius, in this they alone excel, please themselves and others.
pertaining to or made of straw; having little value, insubstantial
Hyphenation
pertaining to or made of straw; ha·ving lit·tle value, in·sub·stan·tial