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1726

 all-fools-day
[.] ALL-FOOL'S-DAY, n. The first of April.

5533

 befool
[.] BEFOOL', v.t. [be and fool.] To fool; to infatuate; to delude or lead into error. [.] Men befool themselves.

5534

 befooled
[.] BEFOOL'ED, pp. Fooled; deceived; led into error.

5535

 befooling
[.] BEFOOL'ING, ppr. Fooling; making a fool of; deceiving; infatuating.

22721

 fool
[.] FOOL, n. [Heb.] [.] 1. One who is destitute of reason, or the common powers of understanding; an idiot. Some persons are born fools, and are called natural fools; others may become fools by some injury done to the brain. [.] 2. In common language, a person who ...

22722

 foolborn
[.] FOOL'BORN a. Foolish from the birth.

22723

 fooled
[.] FOOL'ED, pp. Disappointed; defeated; deceived; imposed on.

22724

 foolery
[.] FOOL'ERY, n. [.] 1. The practice of folly; habitual folly; attention to trifles. [.] 2. An act of folly or weakness. [.] 3. Object of folly.

22725

 foolhappy
[.] FOOL'HAPPY, a. Lucky without judgment or contrivance.

22726

 foolhardiness
[.] FOOLH'ARDINESS, n. Courage without sense or judgment; mad rashness.

22727

 foolhardise
[.] FOOLH'ARDISE, n. Foolhardiness. [Not in use.]

22728

 foolhardy
[.] FOOLH'ARDY, a. [fool and hardy.] Daring without judgment; madly rash and adventurous; foolishly bold.

22729

 fooling
[.] FOOL'ING, ppr. Defeating; disappointing; deceiving.

22730

 foolish
[.] FOOL'ISH, a. [.] 1. Void of understanding or sound judgment; weak in intellect; applied to general character. [.] 2. Unwise; imprudent; acting without judgment or discretion in particular things. [.] 3. Proceeding from folly, or marked with folly; silly; ...

22731

 foolishly
[.] FOOL'ISHLY, adv. [.] 1. Weakly; without understanding or judgment; unwisely; indiscreetly. [.] 2. Wickedly; sinfully. [.] I have done very foolishly. 2Sam. 24.

22732

 foolishness
[.] FOOL'ISHNESS, n. [.] 1. Folly; want of understanding. [.] 2. Foolish practice; want of wisdom or good judgment. [.] 3. In a scriptural sense, absurdity; folly. [.] The preaching of the cross is to them that perish foolishness. 1Cor. 1.

22733

 fools-parsley
[.] FOOL'S-P'ARSLEY, n. A plant, of the genus Aethusa.

22734

 foolscap
[.] FOOLS'CAP, n. [L. scapus, or folio and shape.] A kind of paper of small size.

22735

 foolstones
[.] FOOL'STONES, n. A plant, the Orchis.

22736

 fooltrap
[.] FOOL'TRAP, n. A trap to catch fools; as a fly trap.

38604

 outfool
[.] OUTFOOL', v.t. To exceed in folly.

58387

 unfool
[.] UNFOOL', v.t. To restore from folly. [Not in use.]

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