Definitions of fool
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To
trifle;
to
toy;
to
spend
time
in
idleness,
sport,
or
mirth.
-
To
make
a
fool
of;
impose
upon;
deceive;
play
the
fool.
-
To
infatuate;
to
make
foolish.
-
To
make
a
butt
of;
treat
with
contempt;
disappoint;
deceive.
-
To
deceive;
to
treat
with
contempt.
-
To
play
the
fool;
to
trifle;
to
toy;
to
spend
time
in
idle
sport
or
mirth.
-
To
play
the
fool;
to
trifle.
-
To
play
the
fool.
-
indulge
in
horseplay; "
Enough
horsing
around--
let's
get
back
to
work!"; "
The
bored
children
were
fooling
about"
-
To
treat
with
contempt;
to
disappoint;
to
deceive;
to
infatuate;
to
cheat.
The
feast
of
fools,
a
kind
of
festival
in
the
middle
ages,
somewhat
similar
to
the
Saturnalia
of
the
Romans.
Abbot
of
fools,
a
sort
of
histrionic
character
or
leading
buffoon
at
the
public
festivals
or
mummeries
of
Christmas
or
Shrovetide.
To
play
the
fool,
to
act
the
buffoon;
to
act
like
one
void
of
understanding.
To
put
the
fool
on,
to
treat
as
foolish.
To
make
a
fool
of;
to
frustrate;
to
defeat.
To
fool
away,
to
spend
in
trifles,
idleness,
folly,
or
without
advantage;
to
spend
for
things
of
no
value
or
use;
to
expend
improvidently.
-
To
treat
with
contempt;
to
disappoint;
to
cheat;
to
trifle;
to
toy.
-
a
person
who
lacks
good
judgment
-
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.
-
One
who
acts
contrary
to
moral
and
religious
wisdom;
a
wicked
person.
-
One
who
counterfeits
folly;
a
professional
jester
or
buffoon;
a
retainer
formerly
kept
to
make
sport,
dressed
fantastically
in
motley,
with
ridiculous
accouterments.
-
A
compound
of
gooseberries
scalded
and
crushed,
with
cream; -
commonly
called
gooseberry
fool.
-
A
person
lacking
in
reason
or
intelligence;
idiot;
in
old
times,
a
court
jester;
one
who
acts
in
an
unwise
manner;
a
victim
or
butt.
-
One
who
acts
stupidly;
a
person
of
weak
mind;
a
jester; (
B.)
a
wicked
person.
-
Silly
or
stupid
person;
jester.
-
A
person
lacking
sense;
a
simpleton.
-
An
idiot;
imbecile.
-
A
court
jester.
-
A
person
of
weak
intellect;
a
person
who
acts
foolishly;
a
buffoon;
a
jester.
-
A
compound
of
gooseberries
scalded
and
crushed
with
cream.
-
One
who
acts
absurdly;
a
person
who
is
void
of
reason
or
understanding;
a
person
of
a
weak
intellect;
a
jester.
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