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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: 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. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: 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. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] Extol not riches, then, the toil of fools. --Milton. [1913 Webster] Experience keeps a dear school, but fools will learn in no other. --Franklin. [1913 Webster] 3. (Script.) One who acts contrary to moral and religious wisdom; a wicked person. [1913 Webster] The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God. --Ps. xiv. 1. [1913 Webster] 4. One who counterfeits folly; a professional jester or buffoon; a retainer formerly kept to make sport, dressed fantastically in motley, with ridiculous accouterments. [1913 Webster] Can they think me . . . their fool or jester? --Milton. [1913 Webster] {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 ({Aethusa 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 foolishly; to act the buffoon; to act a foolish part. "I have played the fool, and have erred exceedingly." --1 Sam. xxvi. 21. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Fool \Fool\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Fooled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Fooling}.] To play the fool. [1913 Webster] 2. To waste time in unproductive activity; to spend time in idle sport or mirth; to trifle; to toy. Syn: fool around. [PJC] Is this a time for fooling? --Dryden. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Fool \Fool\, v. t. 1. To infatuate; to make foolish. --Shak. [1913 Webster] For, fooled with hope, men favor the deceit. --Dryden. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] You are fooled, discarded, and shook off By him for whom these shames ye underwent. --Shak. [1913 Webster] {To fool away}, to get rid of foolishly; to spend in trifles, idleness, folly, or without advantage. [1913 Webster] From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: fool n 1: a person who lacks good judgment [syn: {fool}, {sap}, {saphead}, {muggins}, {tomfool}] 2: a person who is gullible and easy to take advantage of [syn: {chump}, {fool}, {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}, {fool}, {motley fool}] v 1: make a fool or dupe of [syn: {fool}, {gull}, {befool}] 2: spend frivolously and unwisely; "Fritter away one's inheritance" [syn: {fritter}, {frivol away}, {dissipate}, {shoot}, {fritter away}, {fool}, {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}, {fool}, {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}, {fool}] From The Jargon File (version 4.4.7, 29 Dec 2003) [jargon]: fool n. As used by hackers, specifically describes a person who habitually reasons from obviously or demonstrably incorrect premises and cannot be persuaded by evidence to do otherwise; it is not generally used in its other senses, i.e., to describe a person with a native incapacity to reason correctly, or a clown. Indeed, in hackish experience many fools are capable of reasoning all too effectively in executing their errors. See also {cretin}, {loser}, {fool file}. The Algol 68-R compiler used to initialize its storage to the character string "F00LF00LF00LF00L..." because as a pointer or as a floating point number it caused a crash, and as an integer or a character string it was very recognizable in a dump. Sadly, one day a very senior professor at Nottingham University wrote a program that called him a fool. He proceeded to demonstrate the correctness of this assertion by lobbying the university (not quite successfully) to forbid the use of Algol on its computers. See also {DEADBEEF}.