fool

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Recognizing that the words and actions of a fool are a waste of attention or engagement, it would be far better to be wise and remove oneself from situations, relationships, places of employment, friendships, allegiances with corrupt nationalities and governments so as to not be seen as a fool and be a better living expression of the message laid clear in Gods word.

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  1. noun One who is deficient in judgment, sense, or understanding.
  2. noun One who acts unwisely on a given occasion: I was a fool to have quit my job.
  3. noun One who has been tricked or made to appear ridiculous; a dupe: They made a fool of me by pretending I had won.
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  • Acting like a fool is the only way they feel cool.
  • Recognizing that the words and actions of a fool are a waste of attention or engagement, it would be far better to be wise and remove oneself from situations, relationships, places of employment, friendships, allegiances with corrupt nationalities and governments so as to not be seen as a fool and be a better living expression of the message laid clear in Gods word. —  Alex Jones' Prison Planet.com
  • Besides, the fool was audacious, foolhardy; his language of covert mockery and quick wit proved him an intelligent antagonist, who might become a desperate one A woman and a fool," muttered the duke, striding with quick step across his chamber, "are two uncertain quantities. —  Under the Rose
  • A languorous, redolent air just stirred the waving grain, on which rested a glossy shimmer As the fool was about to spring upon the horse, a shadow suddenly appeared around the corner of the house and the animal danced aside in affright. —  Under the Rose
  • She had no fault to be condoned; the fool was the sole culprit. —  Under the Rose
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idiot ·  fellow ·  creature ·  brute ·  lover ·  villain ·  folk ·  bastard ·  ass ·  one ·  mother ·  servant

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fool:   fools ·  fooling ·  fooled
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Etymologies (4)

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  1. Middle English fol, from Old French, from Late Latin follis, windbag, fool, from Latin follis, bellows; see bhel-2 in Indo-European roots.

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  1. from Middle English fool, fole, fol, a fool, sometimes of a court fool, rarely a wanton, = Icelandic fōl = Old Danish fool, fol, a fool, a madman, from Old French fol, a fool, ninny, idiot, French fol, fou, a madman, lunatic, madcap, fool, buffoon, jester, = Provencal fol, folh = Old Spanish fol = Italian folle, a fool (also as adjective), from Middle Latin follus, follis, adjective, foolish, fatuous; perhaps orig. in allusion to the puffed cheeks of a buffoon (see buffoon), from Latin follis, a bellows, a wind-bag, plural folles, puffed cheeks (Juvenal): see follicle.
  2. from Middle English folen, folien, from Old French foler, folier, foloier = Provencal foleiar = Old Italian folleare, be foolish; from the noun.
  3. from Middle English fole, prob. from Old French foulex, fole, folle, a pressing, treading, press, fulling-mill, from fouler, foler, French fouler, press, tread, crush: see foil, full.
 

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