資料來源 : pyDict
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資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Fool \Fool\, n. [Cf. F. fouler to tread, crush. Cf. 1st {Foil}.]
A compound of gooseberries scalded and crushed, with cream;
-- commonly called gooseberry fool.
Fool \Fool\, n. [OE. fol, n. & adj., F. fol, fou, foolish, mad;
a fool, prob. fr. L. follis a bellows, wind bag, an inflated
ball; perh. akin to E. bellows. Cf. {Folly}, {Follicle}.]
1. One destitute of reason, or of the common powers of
understanding; an idiot; a natural.
2. 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.
Extol not riches, then, the toil of fools. --Milton.
Experience keeps a dear school, but fools will learn
in no other. --Franklin.
3. (Script.) One who acts contrary to moral and religious
wisdom; a wicked person.
The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God.
--Ps. xiv. 1.
4. One who counterfeits folly; a professional jester or
buffoon; a retainer formerly kept to make sport, dressed
fantastically in motley, with ridiculous accouterments.
Can they think me . . . their fool or jester?
--Milton.
{April fool}, {Court fool}, etc. See under {April}, {Court},
etc.
{Fool's cap}, a cap or hood to which bells were usually
attached, formerly worn by professional jesters.
{Fool's errand}, an unreasonable, silly, profitless adventure
or undertaking.
{Fool's gold}, iron or copper pyrites, resembling gold in
color.
{Fool's paradise}, a name applied to a limbo (see under
{Limbo}) popularly believed to be the region of vanity and
nonsense. Hence, any foolish pleasure or condition of vain
self-satistaction.
{Fool's parsley} (Bot.), an annual umbelliferous plant
({[AE]thusa Cynapium}) resembling parsley, but nauseous
and poisonous.
{To make a fool of}, to render ridiculous; to outwit; to
shame. [Colloq.]
{To play the fool}, to act the buffoon; to act a foolish
part. ``I have played the fool, and have erred
exceedingly.'' --1 Sam. xxvi. 21.
Fool \Fool\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Fooled}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Fooling}.]
To play the fool; to trifle; to toy; to spend time in idle
sport or mirth.
Fool \Fool\, v. t.
1. To infatuate; to make foolish. --Shak.
For, fooled with hope, men favor the deceit.
--Dryden.
2. 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.
You are fooled, discarded, and shook off By him for
whom these shames ye underwent. --Shak.
{To fool away}, to get rid of foolishly; to spend in trifles,
idleness, folly, or without advantage.
資料來源 : WordNet®
fool
n 1: a person who lacks good judgment [syn: {sap}, {saphead}, {muggins},
{tomfool}]
2: a person who is gullible and easy to take advantage of [syn:
{chump}, {gull}, {mark}, {patsy}, {fall guy}, {sucker}, {soft
touch}, {mug}]
3: a professional clown employed to entertain a king or
nobleman in the middle ages [syn: {jester}, {motley fool}]
fool
v 1: make a fool or dupe of [syn: {gull}, {befool}]
2: spend frivolously and unwisely; "Fritter away one's
inheritance" [syn: {fritter}, {frivol away}, {dissipate},
{shoot}, {fritter away}, {fool away}]
3: fool or hoax; "The immigrant was duped because he trusted
everyone"; "You can't fool me!" [syn: {gull}, {dupe}, {slang},
{befool}, {cod}, {put on}, {take in}, {put one over}, {put
one across}]
4: indulge in horseplay; "Enough horsing around--let's get back
to work!"; "The bored children were fooling about" [syn: {horse
around}, {arse around}, {fool around}]
資料來源 : Free On-Line Dictionary of Computing
FOOL
Fool's Lisp. A small {Scheme} {interpreter}.
{(ftp://scam.berkeley.edu/src/local/fools.tar.Z)}.
(1994-10-04)