fool

noun · verb · adjectiveA1

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Danh từ

noun

Plural noun:

fools

1.
(derogatory)A person with poor judgment or little intelligence.
You were a fool to cross that busy road without looking.
The village fool threw his own shoes down the well.
Đồng nghĩa: ignoramus, naif, simpleton, simp, goofus, doofus, dimwit, idiot, imbecile, stultus, buffoon, cuckoo, moron, lunatic, maniac
2.
(historical)A jester; a person whose role was to entertain a sovereign and the court (or lower personages).
1896, Frederick Peterson IN Popular Science Monthly Volume 50 December 1896 , Idiots Savants This court fool could say bright things on occasion, but his main use to the ladies and lords of the palace was to serve as victim to practical jokes, cruel, coarse, and vulgar enough to be appreciated perhaps in the Bowery.
3.
(literature) A stock character typified by unintelligence, naïveté or lucklessness, usually as a form of comic relief; often used as a source of insight or pathos for the audience, as such characters are generally less bound by social expectations.
4.
Someone who has been made a fool of or tricked; dupe.
5.
(informal)Someone who derives pleasure from something specified.
I'm a fool for the city.
6.
(slang)(slang, chiefly African-American Vernacular, Hispanic) An informal greeting akin to buddy, dude, or man.
7.
(tarot, often capitalized Fool) A particular card in a tarot deck, representing a jester.
8.
(derogatory, slang)A tankie.
9.
(cooking) A type of dessert made of puréed fruit and custard or cream.
an apricot fool; a gooseberry fool

Động từ

verb

V_es/s

fools

V_ing/Gerund

fooling

V_ed/pp

fooled

1.
(transitive)To trick; to deceive.
2.
(intransitive)To act in an idiotic manner; to act foolishly.
1681/1682, John Dryden, The Spanish Fryar Is this a time for fooling?
3.
(archaic)To make a fool of; to make act the fool.
They fool me to the top of my bent.

Tính từ

adjective

Comparative

foolermore fool

Superlative

foolestmost fool

1.
(informal)Foolish.

Từ liên quan

Đồng nghĩa

ignoramus naif simpleton simpgoofusdoofusdimwit idiot imbecilestultusbuffoon cuckoo moron lunatic maniac jester joker dupe mark goat

Cùng gốc / liên quan

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Nguồn gốc từ

From Middle English fol (fool), from Old French fol (cf. modern fou mad) from Latin follis. fals follis. Displaced native dwæs.