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Look up: fool

  1. Fool
    Cold dessert consisting of purÈed fruit with whipped cream or custard blended into it.
    Found on http://www.greatbritishkitchen.co.uk/ind

  2. fool
    [n] - a person who lacks good judgment 2. [v] - make a fool or dupe of
    Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio

  3. fool
    the act of making a device so simple,plain and reliable that there is no opportunity for error,misuse or failure Category: Mechanical engineering • device so simple,plain and reliable that there is no opportunity for error,misuse or failure Category: Mechanical engineering • ...
    Found on http://www.mijnwoordenboek.nl/definition

  4. Fool
    Fool noun [ Confer French fouler to tread, crush. Confer 1st Foil .] A compound of gooseberries scalded and crushed, with cream; -- commonly called gooseberry fool .
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/F/55

  5. Fool
    Fool noun [ Middle English fol , noun & adj., French fol , fou , foolish, mad; a fool, probably from Latin follis a bellows, wind bag, an inflated ball; perhaps akin to English bellows . Confer Folly , Foll...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/F/55

  6. Fool
    Fool intransitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Fooled ; present participle & verbal noun Fooling .] To play the fool; to trifle; to toy; to spend time in idle sport or mirth. « ...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/F/55

  7. Fool
    Fool transitive verb 1. To infatuate; to make foolish. Shak. « For, fooled with hope, men favor the deceit.» Dryden. 2. To use as a fool; to deceive in a shameful or mortifying manner; to impose upon;...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/F/55

  8. fool
    1. One destitute of reason, or of the common powers of understanding; an idiot; a natural. ... 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. ' Extol not riches, then, the toil of fools.' (...
    Found on http://www.mondofacto.com/facts/dictiona

  9. fool
    gull verb make a fool or dupe of
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web

  10. Fool
    • (v. i.) To play the fool; to trifle; to toy; to spend time in idle sport or mirth. • (v. t.) 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. • (n.) A compound of gooseberries...
    Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning

  11. fool
    a comic entertainer whose madness or imbecility, real or pretended, made him a source of amusement and gave him license to abuse and poke fun at even ... [2 related articles]
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/f/44

  12. fool
    fool 1. Someone who is deficient in judgment, sense, or understanding. 2. A person who acts unwisely on a given occasion: 'He was a fool to have quit his job.' 3. One who has been tricked or made to appear ridiculous; a dupe: 'They made a fool of me by pretending I had won the contest.' 4. Inform...
    Found on http://www.wordinfo.info/words/index/inf

  13. FOOL
    Fool's Lisp. A small Scheme interpreter. (ftp://scam.berkeley.edu/src/local/fools.tar.Z). (1994-10-04)
    Found on http://foldoc.org/FOOL

  14. fool
    • a person who lacks good judgment
    • a person who is gullible and easy to take advantage of
    • a professional clown employed to to entertain a king or nobleman in the middle ages

    Found on

  15. fool
    fool or court jester,a person who entertains with buffoonery and an often caustic wit. In all countries from ancient times and extending into the 18th cent., mental and physical deformity provided amusement. Attached to noble and royal courts were dwarfs, cripples, idiots, albinos, and freaks. The m...
    Found on http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/ent/A08191

  16. Fool
    A fool (from the French foule, meaning mashed or pressed) is a dish comprising a scalded fruit which is then pounded together with cream. Fools, such as gooseberry-fool, are traditionally served in England as a desert or sweet.
    Found on http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/brow



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12 February 2012

This day in history:
/calendar/ On February 12, 1809, Charles Robert Darwin was born at The Mount in Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England. Darwin was one of the last of the eclectic scientists who preceded the age of professional specialization. His genius lay in his ability to select, from the facts which he so diligently collected, every relevant point and fit it into his bold and far-reaching theories. He was not the first to advance a theory of evolution; but his massive weight of evidence carried conviction where earlier theorists had failed. He was shy and modest and shrank from controversy, an unfortunate trait in the author of the most controversial book of the century. read more

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