Fool
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| A '''fool''' is a [[jester]], a [[clown]], a [[harlequin]] or a [[bouffon]]. [[Foolishness]] refers to the quality of having poor judgement or little intelligence. | A '''fool''' is a [[jester]], a [[clown]], a [[harlequin]] or a [[bouffon]]. [[Foolishness]] refers to the quality of having poor judgement or little intelligence. | ||
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A fool is a jester, a clown, a harlequin or a bouffon. Foolishness refers to the quality of having poor judgement or little intelligence.
Etymology
From Middle English fōl (“fool”) from Old French fol (French fou (“mad”)) from Latin follis.
Fool may also refer to:
- Illiterate
- Foolishness, the quality of having poor judgment or little intelligence
- The Fool (Tarot card), a Tarot card
- Fool (stock character), in literature and folklore
- Shakespearean fool, an archetypal character in numerous works by Shakespeare* 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
See also
- wise fool
- April Fools' Day
- Folly
- Feast of fools
- Fool's gold
- Folly (allegory)
- Illustration: Laughing Fool by a Netherlandish painter (possibly Jacob Cornelisz. van Oostsanen).
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