fool
/fuːl/
noun
- 1
A person with poor judgment or little intelligence.
“The village fool threw his own shoes down the well.”
- 2
A jester; a person whose role was to entertain a sovereign and the court (or lower personages).
- 3
Someone who derives pleasure from something specified.
- 4
Buddy, dude, man.
- 5
A type of dessert made of puréed fruit and custard or cream.
“an apricot fool; a gooseberry fool”
- 6
(often capitalized, Fool) A particular card in a tarot deck, representing a jester.
verb
- 1
To trick; to deceive
- 2
To act in an idiotic manner; to act foolishly
adjective
- 1
Foolish.
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