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fool1 noun 1 someone who lacks common sense or intelligence. 2 someone made to appear ridiculous. 3 historical a person employed by kings, nobles, etc to amuse them; a jester. verb (fooled, fooling) to deceive someone so that they appear foolish or ridiculous. make a fool of oneself to act in a way that makes one appear foolish. make a fool of someone to trick them or make them appear ridiculous; to humiliate them. nobody's fool someone too wary to be tricked or deceived; astute • Bill is nobody's fool. play or act the fool deliberately to act in a comically foolish manner.
ETYMOLOGY: 13c: from French fol.
fool someone into or out of something to persuade them by deception to do something or not to do it. fool about or around to behave stupidly or playfully. fool with something to meddle with it irresponsibly or thoughtlessly. |
fool2 noun a dessert of puréed fruit mixed with cream or custard • gooseberry fool.
ETYMOLOGY: 16c.
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