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From Middle English fōl (“fool”) from Old French fol (French fou (“mad”)) from Latin follis.

A person with poor judgment or little intelligence.
A jester; a person whose role was to entertain a sovereign and the court.
Someone who very much likes something specified.
- 1975, Foghat, "Fool for the City" (song), Fool for the City (album):
  I'm a fool for the city.
A type of dessert made of puréed fruit and custard or cream.
A particular card in a tarot deck.

Fool or Fools may also refer to:

A jester, or clown
Illiterate
Foolishness, the quality of having poor judgment or little intelligence
The Fool (Tarot card), a Tarot card
Shakespearean fool, an archetypal character in numerous works by Shakespeare
The Fool (design collective), a Dutch design collective and band influential in the psychedelic style of art in the 1960s
- The Fool, 1968 album released by The Fool
- The Fool (guitar), 1964 Gibson SG designed by The Fool for Eric Clapton
The Fool (fictional character), a fictional character in The Realm of the Elderlings by Robin Hobb
Fools (play), a 1981 play by Neil Simon
Fool (novel), a 2009 novel by Christopher Moore
The Fool (Edward Bond play), a 1975 play by the English playwright Edward Bond
The Motley Fool, a stocks and financial advice website (fool.com) nicknamed 'the Fool'
Fruit fool, a dish made with cooked fruit

Fool, a song from the 2003 Cat Power album You Are Free
The Fool, a 1956 rockabilly song recorded by Sanford Clark
Fools, a song by Deep Purple from their 1971 album Fireball
The Fool, a 2005 album released by the band, Esoterica
The Fool, a song sung by Chris Farlowe
The Fool, the last song on the original 1982 release of the album Shuttered Room by The Fixx
The Fool, a 1971 album as well as a song by Gilbert Montagné
The Fool (Neutral Milk Hotel song), originally written for a film of the same name
The Fool, a song recorded by Elvis Presley for the 1971 album Elvis Country (I'm 10,000 Years Old)
The Fool, a song from Quicksilver Messenger Service's self-titled 1968 album
Fool, a song from Peep, a 1996 album by The Rasmus
Fool, a song by Roxette from their 2001 album Room Service
Fool (Shakira song), on her 2001 album Laundry Service
The Fool (Warpaint album), a 2010 album by Los Angeles-based quartet Warpaint
The Fool (Lee Ann Womack song), a 1997 country music hit by Lee Ann Womack
The Fool (EP), a 2007 collaboration EP by Noah23 and Lord Kufu
The Fools, a musical group from Massachusetts

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+From Middle English ''fōl'' (“fool”) from Old French ''fol'' (French [[fou]] (“[[mad]]”)) from Latin ''follis''.
 # A person with [[poor]] [[judgment]] or [[little]] [[intelligence]].