Other forms: fools
A fool is somebody who behaves without any sense. Play the fool, a fool's errand, more fool him.
The court fool was licensed to say what nobody else could, which made the job a serious one. A fool is also a dessert of fruit folded into cream, from an unrelated sense. The Latin follis means a bellows — a fool was full of air.
1nounfoolSomebody who behaves without any sense.
“I felt like a fool when I realised I'd been waiting at the wrong station.”
fool is a person.
Old French fol comes from Latin follis, a bellows or windbag. A fool was somebody full of wind.
Middle English
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English, today
fool
From Middle English fol. From Middle English fol (“fool”), from Old French fol (cf. modern French fou (“mad”)) from Latin follis. a doublet of fals and follis. Displaced native Old English dwæs.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA