Fool: alternatives and connections

A quadruped of the genus Equus (E. asinus), smaller than the horse, and having a peculiarly harsh bray and long ears. The tame or domestic ass is pat…

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A man who makes a practice of amusing others by low tricks, antic gestures, etc.; a droll; a mimic; a harlequin; a clown; a merry-andrew.

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A man of coarse nature and manners; an awkward fellow; an ill-bred person; a boor.

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A bird belonging to Cuculus, Coccyzus, and several allied genera, of many species.

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A cyprinoid fish of the Mississippi valley (Pimephales promelas); -- called also black-headed minnow.

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An imp.

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A silly or foolish person

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Any large web-footen bird of the subfamily Anserinae, and belonging to Anser, Branta, Chen, and several allied genera. See Anseres.

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The male ass; a donkey.

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A merry-andrew; a buffoon.

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To deliver into the hands of an enemy by treachery or fraud, in violation of trust; to give up treacherously or faithlessly; as, an officer betrayed…

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A man who makes a practice of amusing others by low tricks, antic gestures, etc.; a droll; a mimic; a harlequin; a clown; a merry-andrew.

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A man of coarse nature and manners; an awkward fellow; an ill-bred person; a boor.

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To destroy, as by decomposition, dissipation, waste, or fire; to use up; to expend; to waste; to burn up; to eat up; to devour.

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To cheat; to defraud; to beguile; to deceive, usually by small arts, or in a pitiful way.

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To lead into error; to cause to believe what is false, or disbelieve what is true; to impose upon; to mislead; to cheat; to disappoint; to delude; to…

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To lead from truth or into error; to mislead the mind or judgment of; to beguile; to impose on; to dupe; to make a fool of.

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One who has been deceived or who is easily deceived; a gull; as, the dupe of a schemer.

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A silly or foolish person

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A deed; an action; a gest.

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Something said for the sake of exciting a laugh; something witty or sportive (commonly indicating more of hilarity or humor than jest); a jest; a wit…

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To engage in sport or lively recreation; to exercise for the sake of amusement; to frolic; to spot.

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Single; not complex; not infolded or entangled; uncombined; not compounded; not blended with something else; not complicated; as, a simple substance;…

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A person of weak intellect; a silly person.

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To scatter; to disperse.

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A living being sacrificed to some deity, or in the performance of a religious rite; a creature immolated, or made an offering of.

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Wore.

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Desolate; devastated; stripped; bare; hence, dreary; dismal; gloomy; cheerless.

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A young goat.

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To fool; to delude or lead into error; to infatuate; to deceive.

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To fool; to delude or lead into error; to infatuate; to deceive.

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To deceive; to cheat; to mislead; to trick; to defraud.

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To deceive; to cheat; to mislead; to trick; to defraud.

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Something said for the sake of exciting a laugh; something witty or sportive (commonly indicating more of hilarity or humor than jest); a jest; a wit…

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Something said for the sake of exciting a laugh; something witty or sportive (commonly indicating more of hilarity or humor than jest); a jest; a wit…

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To destroy, as by decomposition, dissipation, waste, or fire; to use up; to expend; to waste; to burn up; to eat up; to devour.

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To empty or unload, as the vessels of human system, by bloodletting or by medicine.

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of Eat

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To draw or let out wholly; to drain off completely; as, to exhaust the water of a well; the moisture of the earth is exhausted by evaporation.

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To lay out, apply, or employ in any way; to consume by use; to use up or distribute, either in payment or in donations; to spend; as, they expend mon…

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The act of employing anything, or of applying it to one's service; the state of being so employed or applied; application; employment; conversion to…

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To fool; to delude or lead into error; to infatuate; to deceive.

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A short, thick, heavy piece of wood.

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A husk; a pod; as, a peascod.

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To scatter completely; to disperse and cause to disappear; -- used esp. of the dispersion of things that can never again be collected or restored.

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One who has been deceived or who is easily deceived; a gull; as, the dupe of a schemer.

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A small quantity of batter, fried in boiling lard or in a frying pan. Fritters are of various kinds, named from the substance inclosed in the batter;…

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To deceive; to cheat; to mislead; to trick; to defraud.

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A buffoon; a merry-andrew; a court fool.

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A license of reprisals. See Marque.

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A kind of earthen or metal drinking cup, with a handle, -- usually cylindrical and without a lip.

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The juice of plants of any kind, especially the ascending and descending juices or circulating fluid essential to nutrition.

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A weak-minded, stupid fellow; a milksop.

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An inclined plane, either artificial or natural, down which timber, coal, etc., are caused to slide; also, a narrow passage, either natural or artifi…

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imp. of Sling. Slung.

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One who, or that which, sucks; esp., one of the organs by which certain animals, as the octopus and remora, adhere to other bodies.

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A great fool; a trifler.

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