Foolish, stupid. Now only dialect. (Not in general use since 13th cent.)

Lacking or deficient in (practical) wisdom, discretion, or prudence; indiscreet, imprudent, foolish. Also const. in.

Without counsel or advice; foolish, heedless; resourceless, perplexed, confused.

Lacking or deficient in wit, intelligence, or knowledge; ignorant, unwise, witless. Now rare.

having an appearance of folly or craziness.

Lacking wisdom or sense; not guided by reason; unreasonable, foolish, heedless.

Foolish, silly. (In quot. 1225 ? wanton.)

Doting, foolish, silly. Also as n.: foolish people.

= canged adj.

Foolish, silly, ridiculous.

foolish, besotted.

Foolish, silly, stupid. In early use often: spec. showing a lack of judgement; rash, imprudent, unwise. Now colloquial or regional (esp. U.S.).

Foolish, silly.

Witless, unwise.

Foolish.

Of persons: Unskilful, unwise, foolish, careless.

Unknowing, foolish.

Not wily, artful, or cunning; †simple, silly.

Of a person: foolish, silly, simple; ignorant. Obsolete.

Goose-like, silly, stupid.

Undiscerning; unwise, foolish. Obsolete. rare.

Foolish, unwise. Also occasionally as n.: foolish people as a class.

Ignorant (implying a reproach); foolish, unskilful, bungling; ill-bred, ill-mannered. Obsolete.

Foolish, unwise; senseless.

Lacking sense or judgement; foolish; crazy; (also) having one's mental faculties impaired in old age. Cf. dottled, adj.

Foolish, unwise.

Perverse, refractory; headstrong, obstinate; capricious, skittish; (also) coy. Obsolete.

Foolish, silly.

foolish.

Foolish.

Of a person: having limited or impaired mental faculties; that has a limited capacity to learn, understand, reason, etc.; that has an intellectual…

Silly, foolish, stupid. Cf. innocent, adj. n., silly, adj. n.adv. Of persons: Wanting in intelligence, stupid, foolish.

Foolish, crazy; having one's mental faculties impaired, esp. by old age.

Silly, foolish. Cf. doting, adj.1 1a.

Spiritless; stupid.

Unwise; insipient.

Foolish; silly.

foolish, witless.

Foolish, absurd. Obsolete.

Void of wisdom; unwise, foolish. ? Obsolete. (Now mostly, or wholly, disused to avoid confusion with incipient.)

Foolish, simple, silly.

Like or characteristic of a daw; silly, sluttish.

Foolish.

Characteristic of a fool or dolt; foolish.

Forming parasynthetic adjectives and derived adverbs and nouns, esp. in sense A. 10a, as base-hearted (also base-heartedly), base-mettled, base-spi…

Foolish, ridiculous.

Full of folly or foolishness.

Of a person or (occasionally) an animal: stupid, foolish; lacking intelligence or common sense.

Foolish, stupid.

Foolish; of impaired intellect or understanding. Now rare (English regional (Yorkshire) in later use).

Not showing good or sound sense.

Foolish, silly. Obsolete. rare.

Like a dizzard, silly, idiotic.

Foolish, unwise.

Inept, silly.

silly, foolish.

Foolish.

Absurd; wanting in reason or judgement; silly, foolish.

Stupid, foolish, feeble-minded. Also: having a cognitive impairment or mental disability (now colloquial and potentially offensive). Cf. simple-minded…

Stupid, silly; = goosish, adj.

Resembling or befitting a ‘fop’ or fool; foolish, silly. Obsolete.

(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.

(un-, prefix1 affix 1.)

destitute of wisdom.

foolish, ridiculous; cf. to beg (any one) for a fool at beg, v. 5a.

attributive passing into adjective: Of or pertaining to Gotham; foolish, stupid.

Foolish, silly.

Silly.

foolish.

Senseless, silly.

Of a person: having no sense; foolish, silly.

Foolish, unwise. Obsolete. rare.

Foolish. (Cf. sap, n.5) Also as n.

Chiefly English regional (northern and midlands). Out of one's mind, crazed; mentally deranged or deficient from senility; (in weakened use) stupid…

foolish, doltish.

Foolish. Obsolete.

Having the mental faculties impaired, esp. in old age. Cf. dottle, adj.

Silly, foolish, idiotic.

Foolish, silly.

As a modifier, with the sense ‘by folly; with folly’, as in folly-filled, folly-stricken, (adjectives); also with participles, forming compounds in…

Chiefly Scottish. Foolish, silly, stupid. Now rare.

Resembling a goose; hence, foolish, silly.

Of persons, etc.: Foolish, soft, silly.

Having a nodding head; nodding, unsteady. Also figurative.

without gumption, senseless.

somewhat daft.

Stupid, silly; = anserine, adj. 1.

In phrases with loon's (see quots.). Also frequently as crazy as a loon (in reference to its actions in escaping from danger and its wild cry)…

Foolish.

Silly, foolish.

Of a person: mentally confused, esp. in old age; eccentric, slightly mad. Also of ideas, behaviour, etc.: ridiculous, absurd.

Foolish, silly; esp. simple-minded, naive, gullible.

Stupid, silly.

(a) (See quot. 1873.) (b) Foolish, stupid, mad.

Wanting sense, or discernment.

= daft, adj.

Foolish, meddling, mischievous. Frequently in monkey-doodle business (cf. monkey business, n.).

regional (chiefly English regional (midlands)). Confused, bewildered; out of sorts; fuddled through drinking alcohol; foolish, stupid.

transferred. A stupid or silly person; a simpleton.

Of, relating to, or resembling Pithecanthropus; (figurative) apelike, primitive, clumsy.

Of a person: having a particularly small head. Hence generally: stupid, foolish; cf. peanut-brained adj. at peanut, n. adj.compounds 1b, pinheaded…

Esp. of a person: stupid, foolish, idiotic; daft.

Idiotic, stupid, inane.

Stupid, silly, daft.

Originally: silly, foolish. Later: insane, crazy. Cf. sense B. 2.

North American colloquial. Characteristic of or like a jerk (jerk, n.1 12); foolish, stupid; deliberately obnoxious.

Originally: foolish, stupid, inept. Now: deliberately irritating or obnoxious. Usually designating or with reference to a male. Cf. jerk-off, adj. 2.

colloquial (originally North American). Characteristic of or resembling a jerk (jerk, n.1 12); foolish, bumbling; (also) deliberately irritating or…

Having low intelligence; idiotic, stupid. Now rare.

Characteristic of a stupid or foolish person; dumb, dopey. Cf. goofus, adj.

Characteristic of or resembling a twit (twit, n.1 2b); stupid, silly, foolish. Cf. twittish, adj.

Characteristic of or resembling a twit (twit, n.1 2b); stupid, silly, foolish.

Esp. of a person: stupid, foolish, idiotic.