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(derogatory) A person with poor judgment or little intelligence. / (historical) A jester; a person whose role was to entertain a sovereign and the court (or lower personages).

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fool

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fool

IPA(Pronunciation)

/fuːl/

Noun

derogatory historical informal slang

(derogatory) A person with poor judgment or little intelligence. / (historical) A jester; a person whose role was to entertain a sovereign and the court (or lower personages).

Japanese Meaning

愚か者；判断力に欠け、知性に乏しい人（侮蔑的な意味合いで使われる） / 道化師；歴史的には、君主や宮廷、または庶民を楽しませるための役割を持つ人物

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He acted like a fool during the meeting, ignoring everyone's advice.

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彼は会議中に愚か者のように振る舞い、皆の助言を無視した。

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Sense（1）

(derogatory) A person with poor judgment or little intelligence.

You were a fool to cross that busy road without looking.

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Sense（2）

(historical) A jester; a person whose role was to entertain a sovereign and the court (or lower personages).

This court fool could say bright things on occasion, but his main use to the ladies and lords of the palace was to serve as victim to practical jokes, cruel, coarse, and vulgar enough to be appreciated perhaps in the Bowery.

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Sense（3）

(informal) Someone who derives pleasure from something specified.

Can they think me […] their fool or jester?

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Sense（4）

(slang, chiefly African-American Vernacular) Buddy, dude, man.

Upon opening the door, Trech was suddenly drawn aback by the shocking presence of the armed goon standing directly in front of him. “Yo, what up fool? […] ”

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