fool

English

/fuːl/

noun
Definitions
  • (pejorative) A person with poor judgment or little intelligence.
  • (historical) A jester; a person whose role was to entertain a sovereign and the court (or lower personages).
  • (informal) Someone who derives pleasure from something specified.
  • (slang) Buddy, dude, man.
  • (cooking) A type of dessert made of puréed fruit and custard or cream.
  • (often) A particular card in a tarot deck, representing a jester.

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English fole (fool, foal) derived from Old French fol (insane, mad, foolish, silly) derived from Latin follis (bellows, purse, sack, inflated ball, belly, leather bag, paunch, a bag, device, bellows q) root from Proto-Indo-European *bʰelǵʰ- (swell, paunch, blow up, pillow, bag).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*bʰelǵʰ-

Gloss

swell, paunch, blow up, pillow, bag

Concept
Semantic Field

Basic actions and technology

Ontological Category

Action/Process

Kanji

枕

Emoji

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