## Meanings
1. A person who behaves in a silly way or shows poor judgement.
2. To trick or deceive someone.
3. To behave in a silly or playful way.
4. In the past, an entertainer employed to amuse a king or noble.

## Examples
- You were a fool to cross that busy road without looking.
- You really fooled me with that story!
- Stop fooling around and get back to work.
- The king's fool entertained the whole court.

## Synonyms
- alcatote
- arsehole
- asshat
- asshole
- bayard
- berk
- birdbrain
- blither
- bobchin
- bonehead
- bozo
- brickhead

## Antonyms
- sage

## Derived Forms
- april-fool
- archfool
- audiophool
- damnfool
- fool-hearted
- fool-heartedly
- fool-heartedness
- fool-saint
- fooldom
- foolery
- fooless
- foolfish

## Related Forms
- foolish
- glaik
- halfwit
- idiot
- insane
- jester
- retarded

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: *bʰelǵʰ-
- Root: fole
- Root: fol
- Root: follis

## Etymology
From Middle English fole (“fool”), from Old French fol (cf. modern French fou (“mad”)) from Latin follis. Doublet of fals and follis. Displaced native Old English dwæs.

## AI Etymology
Fool comes from Middle English fole (“fool”), from Old French fol (cf. modern French fou (“mad”)) from Latin follis. Doublet of fals and follis. Displaced native Old English dwæs. In current use, the main senses are “A person who behaves in a silly way or shows poor judgement” and “To trick or deceive someone”.

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