absol. A foolish man, a fool. Obsolete.

A fool.

A person whose behaviour suggests a lack of intelligence, common sense, or good judgement; a silly person, an idiot; (now often) a person who acts…

transferred. A fool. Cf. God's ape n. at god, n. int.compounds 2c. to make (a person) one's ape, to put an ape in a person's hood, to befool or dupe…

A fool, a simpleton. Cf. mope, n. 1.

(a nickname for) a fool.

A foolish or senseless person.

A foolish person; a fool.

A fool, a simpleton; a slow-witted or inept person. Cf. mop, n.1 1. Now chiefly U.S.

A foolish or gullible person.

? A foolish fellow. Cf. buffer, n.4

A foolish person, a fool. Obsolete.

A fool.

A foolish person, a fool. Obsolete.

A foolish person. Also in extended use of an animal. In later use English regional (northern). Obsolete.

An unwise or foolish person. Obsolete.

An ornamental feather, bunch of feathers, tuft of horsehair, or the like, esp. as worn for ceremonial purposes, as an attachment to a helmet or other…

A fool, a gaby.

A foolish fellow, idiot, blockhead.

Little (or small) Witham: (used proverbially, with pun on wit, n., for) a place of which the inhabitants were remarkable for stupidity. Hence…

A fool, a simpleton; = noddy, n.1 1.

(a) A fool; (b) a slattern.

Apparently: a fool. Cf. cokes, n.

= nidget, n.1

A fool, an idiot.

A fool; a simpleton.

Applied to a person; esp. in reference to the bird's monotonous call, or its habit of laying its eggs in the nests of other birds; also = fool…

Phrases: a feather in the cap, hat: a decoration, mark of honour, literal and figurative (also elliptical); also †the badge of a fool; hence †Jack w…

= noddypoll, n.

A mock title for a fool.

Used as a term of abuse: a foolish person.

A little fool.

(In corrupted forms gibaltar, giberaltar). ? A Gibraltar-monkey. Obsolete.

= fop, n. 1.

A fool, a simpleton.

A foolish person. Also: fools collectively (cf. sense 2c). Cf. coxcomb, n. 4a. Obsolete.

As a count noun. A stupid, ignorant, or foolish person. Obsolete.

A fool: a half-witted person.

A fool.

A fool.

(a) n. a foolish or stupid person (cf. ass, n.1 2); spec. an amiable upper-class idiot; (b) adj. characteristic of, or designating, such a person.

a foolish person.

A fool.

figurative. (In 17th cent. often applied contemptuously to persons.)

A silly person. Obsolete.

A silly or foolish fellow; a noodle.

transferred and figurative. A dull or foolish fellow; a milksop.

A silly or foolish person.

A foolish, silly, or stupid person. Obsolete.

A fool; = bufflehead, n. 1.

(A generic name for) a fool, an idiot.

A fool, blockhead, stupid fellow.

A simpleton, a foolish person.

A baboon; spec. (South African) the chacma, Papio ursinus. Also figurative (derogatory): a fool, an idiot. Cf. babion, n. Now rare.

A fool, a simpleton.

A foolish or stupid person; a fool. Cf. foolatum, n.

A fool. Formerly also occasionally as a more general term of abuse.

(see quot.).

A fool, an idiot.

the ten of a card-suit; (see also quot. 1699).

colloquial. A fool, a simpleton. Obsolete.

A dull, spiritless, foolish, or stupid person. Now rare.

A foolish or stupid person; a fool. Cf. earlier foolane, n.

a feeble-minded person, a fool; (now in weakened sense, esp. as an affectionate term of reproof) a silly or somewhat foolish person.

A foolish or stupid person. Cf. Tomnoddy, n. 2. Now rare.

A stupid, unpleasant, or contemptible person; a fool.

= nincompoop, n.

colloquial. A silly or foolish person. Also as a gently mocking or teasing form of address.

Originally Irish English; later U.S. slang and colloquial. A foolish, weak, or ineffectual person, esp. one who is gullible or easily imposed upon…

A mentally slow or backward person; an idiot, a fool.

derogatory. A fool. Also: an impostor, an upstart.

regional (now chiefly Irish English). An idiot, a fool.

A mentally slow or backward person; an idiot, a fool; = omadhaun, n.

A foolish person, a dolt.

A fool, an idiot.

Irish English and Newfoundland (colloquial and derogatory). A foolish, ignorant person, esp. a female one; a dunce.

figurative and in extended use. A person likened to a prawn in appearance or character, esp. in being foolish or foolish-looking.

An animal that is reputed to suck eggs, e.g. a weasel, cuckoo; figurative an avaricious person.

A childish or playful diminutive of goose, n., applied to persons.

A fool, an idiot.

U.S. colloquial. A worthless person; a fool, an oaf. Frequently with old.

U.S. regional and Caribbean. A ridiculous or ostentatious display; foolishness, nonsense; (also) a fool, a figure of fun.

Chiefly humorous. An annoying or foolish person. Usually as an affectionate form of address or mild term of reproof. Occasionally in singular. Now…

A ‘damned fool’ (damned, adj. 4a); a person who behaves stupidly; transferred, a foolish thing or affair. Also attributive or as adj., foolish…

slang (derogatory). A stupid person; = blockhead, n. 2.

Chiefly Australian, New Zealand (depreciative). A fool; a naive, gullible, or unintelligent person. Also: an unsophisticated person; a country…

A stupid or foolish person; also as a term of abuse. Cf. pinhead, n. 4a, pea-brain n. at pea, n.2 compounds 2, etc.

depreciative. In Scottish usage: a lazy, foolish, or ineffectual person; a windbag. Also in other varieties of English: a Scottish person. Cf. haggis…

A stupid or ineffectual person; a fool, a bore.

A fool; a blunderer.

A weak-minded person; a fool, an idiot.

A foolish or feeble person.

A weak or contemptible person; a fool.

An undiscerning person, a fool.

A silly, stupid, or ‘daft’ person.

A foolish or stupid person. Cf. doofus, n.

colloquial. A fool, a duffer.

A dull or stupid person; a fool.

As a term of abuse: a contemptible or obnoxious person; a person who behaves stupidly; a fool, an idiot. Now chiefly British.

bloody fool.

one who goofs (in various senses).

A foolish or unintelligent person.

An incompetent, objectionable, or annoying person; a pillock. Frequently as a term of abuse, formerly as a euphemism for cunt, n. 3 (obsolete).

An incompetent, objectionable, or annoying person. Frequently as a term of abuse, as a euphemism for cunt, n. 3.

An incompetent, objectionable, or annoying person; = cunt, n. 3.

An inept or simple-minded person; a fool, an idiot. Also (chiefly Prison slang): a person regarded as mad or mentally unstable. Cf. ding-a-ling, n. 2.

In derogatory use: a fellow, a ‘fool’.

Originally and chiefly in Italian-speaking contexts: a stupid person. Also used as a contemptuous form of address.

a fool, an ineffectual person.

colloquial. derogatory. An effeminate or homosexual man; (more generally) a silly, ineffectual, or fussy person; a sissy. Cf. Nervous Nellie n. at ne…

A fool; a languid person; a ‘drip’. U.S. slang.

Chiefly Scottish. A fool, an idiot.

= slap-happy, adj. Also as n.

(a) (a tablet of) any of various drugs, spec. marijuana; a barbiturate tablet or drug; (b) = sense a above.

colloquial. A fool, an idiot; a contemptible person. Cf. git, n.

A simple or foolish person; (also) a person who lives alone in the outback.

A term of abuse: a fool, an idiot.

figurative. A dull fellow, a clod, n. Still dialect. In modern colloquial use: a fool; a ‘chump’. (Often a mild, or even friendly, term of abuse.)

A fool; a boor; anyone disliked or despised.

slang (usually derogatory). Australian. A fool, a simpleton, a gull. Now rare.

A foolish or pretentious person.

An idiot; a stupid person.

A new or unskilled recruit; a novice; a foolish or naive person. Cf. ning-nong, n.

slang (chiefly British and Australian). A foolish, inept, or contemptible person.

A person held in contempt, esp. one ridiculed as weak, socially inept, or unfashionable; a fool; = wiener, n. 3. Also used as a general term of abuse.

= nong, n. 2.

An incompetent, objectionable, or annoying person; a berk. Also used as a term of abuse for a man, as a euphemism for cunt, n. 3. Cf. Berkeley Hunt…

colloquial (Scottish and Irish English (northern)). A self-important or boastful idiot; a fool. Cf. loon, n.1

A foolish or stupid person, an idiot; also as a general term of contempt. Cf. goofus, n.1

A foolish, pathetic, or inept person, spec. a person (esp. a student) ridiculed as socially awkward, unfashionable, overly studious, or odd. Now…

A foolish or silly person; an idiot.

An extremely stupid or foolish person. Frequently used as a form of address.

An idiot, a fool.

slang (chiefly British and Australian). A contemptible person, a fool. Cf. tosser, n. 1b.

U.S. slang (esp. College slang). A fool, simpleton; an inept person. Cf. out to lunch at lunch, n.2 2b.

= doofus, n.

Someone who is foolish or stupid.

A foolish, clumsy, or inept person; a dork (dork, n. 2). Now also: one whose social awkwardness is regarded as endearing. Frequently as a form of…

An idiot, a fool.

North American slang. A stupid person.

Chiefly British. A silly, daft, or inept person; a fool, an idiot. Mildly derogatory.

a fool, an idiot; = sense A. 2.

A stupid person, a fool.

The penis. Also: a fool, an idiot.

A stupid or foolish person; an idiot.

Used to denote a stereotypically stupid, clumsy, or ignorant person, esp. in blur as (a) sotong, blur like (a) sotong. Cf. blur, adj. additions.

slang (originally and chiefly Scottish). A stupid, incompetent, or annoying person; an idiot.

A stupid, annoying, or unpleasant person. Frequently as a disparaging form of address. Cf. fanny, n.1 5.