Definitions for the word "fool" from multiple English dictionaries.
1. n.
A compound of gooseberries scalded and crushed, with cream; -- commonly called gooseberry fool.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
2. n.
One destitute of reason, or of the common powers of understanding; an idiot; a natural.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
3. n.
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.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
4. n.
One who acts contrary to moral and religious wisdom; a wicked person.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
5. n.
One who counterfeits folly; a professional jester or buffoon; a retainer formerly kept to make sport, dressed fantastically in motley, with ridiculous accouterments.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
6. v. i.
To play the fool; to trifle; to toy; to spend time in idle sport or mirth.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
7. v. t.
To infatuate; to make foolish.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
8. v. t.
To use as a fool; to deceive in a shameful or mortifying manner; to impose upon; to cheat by inspiring foolish confidence; as, to fool one out of his money.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
9. n.
1 rash, unwise, or stupid person. 2 hist. Jester; clown. 3 dupe. v. 1 deceive. 2 (foll. By into or out of) trick; cheat. 3 joke or tease. 4 (foll. By about, around) play or trifle. act (or play) the fool behave in a silly way. Be no (or nobody''s) fool be shrewd or prudent. Make a fool of make (a person or oneself) look foolish; trick, deceive. [latin follis bellows]
Source: Oxford English Dictionary, 1884
10. n.
Dessert of fruit purée with cream or custard. [perhaps from *fool1]
Source: Oxford English Dictionary, 1884
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