fool
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.
Noun 4 meanings
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.
Someone who has been made a fool of or tricked; dupe.
Someone who derives pleasure from something specified.
A particular card in a tarot deck, representing a jester.
Verb 2 meanings
To trick; to deceive.
To act in an idiotic manner; to act foolishly.
“1681/1682, John Dryden, The Spanish Fryar Is this a time for fooling?”
Adjective 1 meaning
Foolish.
Etymology
From Middle English fol (“fool”), from Old French fol (cf. modern French fou (“mad”)) from Latin follis. Doublet of fals and follis. Displaced native Old English dwæs.
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FOOL at a glance
FOOL has 4 letters and scores 7 points in Scrabble (F 4 + O 1 + O 1 + L 1) and 8 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #4,296 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
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