† fool sageObs. [a. OF.*fol sage (=saige fol, Palsgr.), lit. ‘wise fool’.] A fool or jester. 1377Langl.P. Pl. B. xiii. 423 Ȝe lordes..Þat fedeth foles sages [1393 C. viii. 83 fool sages], flatereres and lyeres.c1400Ipomedon (Kölbing) 351 He..made him a fole sage.