Question 1 · Quick check
fool
CEFRB1
/fuːl/
noun · verb
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In plain English
- 01
noun
A person who acts without good judgment or sense.
- 02
verb
To trick someone or make them believe something untrue.
Examples
Do you take me for a fool?
He is no more a fool than you are.
At a glance
Sits at B1 on the CEFR scale
- Senses
- 5
- Parts of speech
- 2
- Citations
- 5
- Synonyms
- 5
Also pronounced
- /fʉl/
- /fʊu(l)/
Deep Dive
noun
Extra meaningsA jester; a person whose role was to entertain a sovereign and the court (or lower personages).
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.
A person with poor judgment or little intelligence.
More examples
In contextYou must be a fool.
The village fool threw his own shoes down the well.
You were a fool to cross that busy road without looking.
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Origin
noun
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.