foolish
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foolish
- /ˈfuː.lɪʃ/
Rhymes with -uːlɪʃ
Where it comes from
From Middle English folisch; equivalent to fool + -ish.
adjective more foolish · most foolish
- Lacking good sense or judgement as a general trait; unwise; stupid. His wife and the neighbours lamented over his strange conduct, his dullness and melancholy, and began to think that he was grown foolish.
- Not based on good sense or judgement; as a fool would do or conclude. As a political system democracy seems to me extraordinarily foolish, but I would not go out of my way to protest against it. My servant is, so far as I am concerned, welcome to as many votes as he can get. I would very gladly make mine over to him if I could.
- Resembling or characteristic of a fool.
Similar: absurd, idiotic, ridiculous, silly, unwise, asinine, balmy, barmy, bedaft, loony, daft, derpy
