Etymology: [ fül ] (noun.) 13th century. From Middle English fōl (“fool”) from Old French fol (French fou (“mad”)) from Latin follis.fool in: T. F. Hoad, Concise Dictionary of English Etymology, Oxford University Press, 2003, ISBN 978-0-19-283098-8
Someone who very much likes something specified, A particular card in a tarot deck, A person with poor judgment or little intelligence, A jester; a person whose role was to entertain a sovereign and the court, A type of dessert made of puréed fruit and custard or cream, To trick; to make a fool of someone, a person who lacks good judgment, a person who is gullible and easy to take advantage of, a professional clown employed to entertain a king or nobleman in the middle ages, If you play the fool or act the fool, you behave in a playful, childish, and foolish way, usually in order to make other people laugh. They used to play the fool together, calling each other silly names and giggling. or jester Comic entertainer whose madness or imbecility, real or pretended, made him a source of amusement and gave him license to abuse and poke fun at even his most exalted patrons. Professional fools flourished in diverse societies from ancient Egyptian times until the 18th century. Often deformed, dwarfed, or crippled, fools were kept for luck as well as amusement, in the belief that deformity can avert the evil eye and that abusive raillery can transfer ill luck from the abused to the abuser. In some societies, they were regarded as inspired with poetic and prophetic powers. The greatest literary characterization of the fool is found in William Shakespeare's King Lear. fool's gold April Fools' Day All Fools' Day, disapproval If you say to someone `More fool you' when they tell you what they have done or what they plan to do, you are indicating that you think that it is silly and shows a lack of judgment. Most managers couldn't care less about information technology. More fool them, If you make a fool of yourself, you behave in a way that makes other people think that you are silly or lacking in good judgment. He was drinking and making a fool of himself, make a fool or dupe of, spend frivolously and unwisely; "Fritter away one's inheritance", One who counterfeits folly; a professional jester or buffoon; a retainer formerly kept to make sport, dressed fantastically in motley, with ridiculous accouterments, To play the fool; to trifle; to toy; to spend time in idle sport or mirth, To infatuate; to make foolish, One who acts contrary to moral and religious wisdom; a wicked person, a person who lacks good judgment make a fool or dupe of, fool or hoax; "The immigrant was duped because he trusted everyone"; "You can't fool me!", indulge in horseplay; "Enough horsing around--let's get back to work!"; "The bored children were fooling about", One destitute of reason, or of the common powers of understanding; an idiot; a natural, A compound of gooseberries scalded and crushed, with cream; commonly called gooseberry fool, play a joke on, trick; act like a fool; joke, play around, A jester, a person whose role was to entertain a sovereign and the court, A person deficient in intellect; one who acts absurdly, or pursues a course contrary to the dictates of wisdom; one without judgment; a simpleton; a dolt, idiot, dummy; clown; court jester, disapproval If you call someone a fool, you are indicating that you think they are not at all sensible and show a lack of good judgment. `You fool!' she shouted He'd been a fool to get involved with her! = idiot, disapproval Fool is used to describe an action or person that is not at all sensible and shows a lack of good judgment. What a damn fool thing to do!, If you make a fool of someone, you make them seem silly by telling people about something stupid that they have done, or by tricking them. Your brother is making a fool of you He'd been made a fool of, To use as a fool; to deceive in a shameful or mortifying manner; to impose upon; to cheat by inspiring foolish confidence; as, to fool one out of his money, If you say that a person is fooling with something or someone, you mean that the way they are behaving is likely to cause problems. What are you doing fooling with such a staggering sum of money?, If someone fools you, they deceive or trick you. Art dealers fool a lot of people Don't be fooled by his appearance They tried to fool you into coming after us. = trick, con, twunt, wally, twp, goit, plonker, nana, donkey, prat, smeghead, clart, donk, lamebrain, der-brain, nonny, soft, fondly, gowk, dill, fule, Resembling or characteristic of a fool, lacking good sense or judgement; unwise, goosy, weak-minded, In a foolish manner, Without good judgment, The state of being foolish, A thing or event that is foolish, or an absurdity, folly, blockheadedness, jackass, Charlie, nimshy, rattlebrained, folily, geck, past of fool, present participle of fool, characterized by a feeling of irresponsibility; "a broken back is nothing to be casual about; it is no fooling matter, nice, stupid, silly; nonsensical, idiotic, Such as a fool would do; proceeding from weakness of mind or silliness; exhibiting a want of judgment or discretion; as, a foolish act, Marked with, or exhibiting, folly; void of understanding; weak in intellect; without judgment or discretion; silly; unwise, devoid of good sense or judgment; "foolish remarks"; "a foolish decision, Absurd; ridiculous; despicable; contemptible, If someone's behaviour or action is foolish, it is not sensible and shows a lack of good judgment. It would be foolish to raise hopes unnecessarily It is foolish to risk skin cancer. + foolishly fool·ish·ly He admitted that he had acted foolishly. + foolishness fool·ish·ness They don't accept any foolishness when it comes to spending money, If you look or feel foolish, you look or feel so silly or ridiculous that people are likely to laugh at you. I didn't want him to look foolish and be laughed at. = ridiculous + foolishly fool·ish·ly He saw me standing there, grinning foolishly at him, devoid of good sense or judgment; "foolish remarks"; "a foolish decision", having or revealing stupidity; "ridiculous anserine behavior"; "a dopey answer"; "a dopey kid"; "some fool idea about rewriting authors' books", without good sense or judgment; "He acted foolishly when he agreed to come, stupidly, in a silly manner, a stupid mistake, the quality of being rash and foolish, the trait of acting stupidly or rashly, A foolish practice; an absurdity, stupidity, silliness, nonsense, The quality of being foolish, third-person singular of fool, plural of fool,
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Someone who very much likes something specified - "I'm a fool for the city."
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A particular card in a tarot deck
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A person with poor judgment or little intelligence
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A jester; a person whose role was to entertain a sovereign and the court
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A type of dessert made of puréed fruit and custard or cream
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To trick; to make a fool of someone
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a person who lacks good judgment
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a person who is gullible and easy to take advantage of
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a professional clown employed to entertain a king or nobleman in the middle ages
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If you play the fool or act the fool, you behave in a playful, childish, and foolish way, usually in order to make other people laugh. They used to play the fool together, calling each other silly names and giggling. or jester Comic entertainer whose madness or imbecility, real or pretended, made him a source of amusement and gave him license to abuse and poke fun at even his most exalted patrons. Professional fools flourished in diverse societies from ancient Egyptian times until the 18th century. Often deformed, dwarfed, or crippled, fools were kept for luck as well as amusement, in the belief that deformity can avert the evil eye and that abusive raillery can transfer ill luck from the abused to the abuser. In some societies, they were regarded as inspired with poetic and prophetic powers. The greatest literary characterization of the fool is found in William Shakespeare's King Lear. fool's gold April Fools' Day All Fools' Day
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disapproval If you say to someone `More fool you' when they tell you what they have done or what they plan to do, you are indicating that you think that it is silly and shows a lack of judgment. Most managers couldn't care less about information technology. More fool them
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If you make a fool of yourself, you behave in a way that makes other people think that you are silly or lacking in good judgment. He was drinking and making a fool of himself
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make a fool or dupe of
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spend frivolously and unwisely; "Fritter away one's inheritance"
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One who counterfeits folly; a professional jester or buffoon; a retainer formerly kept to make sport, dressed fantastically in motley, with ridiculous accouterments
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To play the fool; to trifle; to toy; to spend time in idle sport or mirth
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To infatuate; to make foolish
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One who acts contrary to moral and religious wisdom; a wicked person
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a person who lacks good judgment make a fool or dupe of
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fool or hoax; "The immigrant was duped because he trusted everyone"; "You can't fool me!"
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indulge in horseplay; "Enough horsing around--let's get back to work!"; "The bored children were fooling about"
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One destitute of reason, or of the common powers of understanding; an idiot; a natural
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A compound of gooseberries scalded and crushed, with cream; commonly called gooseberry fool
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play a joke on, trick; act like a fool; joke, play around fiil
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A jester, a person whose role was to entertain a sovereign and the court
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A person deficient in intellect; one who acts absurdly, or pursues a course contrary to the dictates of wisdom; one without judgment; a simpleton; a dolt
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idiot, dummy; clown; court jester isim
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disapproval If you call someone a fool, you are indicating that you think they are not at all sensible and show a lack of good judgment. `You fool!' she shouted He'd been a fool to get involved with her! = idiot
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disapproval Fool is used to describe an action or person that is not at all sensible and shows a lack of good judgment. What a damn fool thing to do!
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If you make a fool of someone, you make them seem silly by telling people about something stupid that they have done, or by tricking them. Your brother is making a fool of you He'd been made a fool of
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To use as a fool; to deceive in a shameful or mortifying manner; to impose upon; to cheat by inspiring foolish confidence; as, to fool one out of his money
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If you say that a person is fooling with something or someone, you mean that the way they are behaving is likely to cause problems. What are you doing fooling with such a staggering sum of money?
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If someone fools you, they deceive or trick you. Art dealers fool a lot of people Don't be fooled by his appearance They tried to fool you into coming after us. = trick, con
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A fool.
twunt
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A fool.
wally
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A fool.
twp - "He said if there was a twp more twp than me he would rather be Son Prodigal."
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A fool.
goit
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A fool.
plonker
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A fool.
nana - "You look a right nana dressed up like that."
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A fool.
donkey
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A fool.
prat
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A fool.
smeghead
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A fool.
clart
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A fool.
donk
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A fool.
lamebrain - "You lamebrain! How could you do something so stupid?"
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A fool.
der-brain
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A fool.
nonny
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Foolish.
soft
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Foolishly.
fondly
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a fool.
gowk
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a fool.
dill
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fool.
fule
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foolish
Resembling or characteristic of a fool - "Being foolish once in a while does not make one a foolish person."
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foolish
lacking good sense or judgement; unwise
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foolish.
goosy
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foolish.
weak-minded
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foolishly
In a foolish manner - "He dressed foolishly to entertain the children."
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foolishly
Without good judgment - "Foolishly, he had decided that, because a home was the best investment, two homes were even better."
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foolishness
The state of being foolish
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foolishness
A thing or event that is foolish, or an absurdity
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foolishness.
folly - "This is a war of folly."
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foolishness
blockheadedness
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A fool
jackass
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A fool
Charlie
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A fool
nimshy
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Foolish
rattlebrained
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Foolishly
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a fool
geck
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fooled
past of fool
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fooling
present participle of fool
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characterized by a feeling of irresponsibility; "a broken back is nothing to be casual about; it is no fooling matter
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foolish
nice
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foolish
stupid, silly; nonsensical, idiotic sıfat
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foolish
Such as a fool would do; proceeding from weakness of mind or silliness; exhibiting a want of judgment or discretion; as, a foolish act
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foolish
Marked with, or exhibiting, folly; void of understanding; weak in intellect; without judgment or discretion; silly; unwise
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foolish
devoid of good sense or judgment; "foolish remarks"; "a foolish decision
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foolish
Absurd; ridiculous; despicable; contemptible
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If someone's behaviour or action is foolish, it is not sensible and shows a lack of good judgment. It would be foolish to raise hopes unnecessarily It is foolish to risk skin cancer. + foolishly fool·ish·ly He admitted that he had acted foolishly. + foolishness fool·ish·ness They don't accept any foolishness when it comes to spending money
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foolish
If you look or feel foolish, you look or feel so silly or ridiculous that people are likely to laugh at you. I didn't want him to look foolish and be laughed at. = ridiculous + foolishly fool·ish·ly He saw me standing there, grinning foolishly at him
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foolish
devoid of good sense or judgment; "foolish remarks"; "a foolish decision"
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foolish
having or revealing stupidity; "ridiculous anserine behavior"; "a dopey answer"; "a dopey kid"; "some fool idea about rewriting authors' books"
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foolishly
without good sense or judgment; "He acted foolishly when he agreed to come
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