Fool
noun
- 1.
- (a silly or empty headed person, simpleton, jester, clown, dupe, person who lacks sense, act like a fool, play or joke in a silly way) avoid a fool មនុស្សភ្លីភ្លើ, professional fool ត្លុក, make a fool of ធ្វើអោយខ្មាសគេ
Example: The king always insisted on having the fool at his side. - 2.
- (វេជ្ជសាស្ត្រ) មនុស្សឆ្កួត, មនុស្សភ្លីភ្លើ
verb — past tense: fooled ; past participle: fooled ; present participle: fooling ;
- 1.
- (INTRANSITIVE) (To behave like a fool, to trifle); fooling a round with (useless details) ចំណាយពេលឥតប្រយោជន៍, with (a loaded gun) លេង, (I was only) fooling និយាយឬធ្វើលេង
- 2.
- (TRANSITIVE) (to make a fool of, to impose on, to trick) បន្លំ, បំភាន់
ENGLISH MEANING
noun
- 1.
- A person deficient in intellect; one who acts absurdly, or pursues a course contrary to the dictates of wisdom; one without judgment; a simpleton; a dolt.
- 2.
- A compound of gooseberries scalded and crushed, with cream; -- commonly called gooseberry fool.
- 3.
- One destitute of reason, or of the common powers of understanding; an idiot; a natural.
- 4.
- One who acts contrary to moral and religious wisdom; a wicked person.
- 5.
- One who counterfeits folly; a professional jester or buffoon; a retainer formerly kept to make sport, dressed fantastically in motley, with ridiculous accouterments.
verb — past tense: fooled ; past participle: fooled ; present participle: fooling ;
- 1.
- (INTRANSITIVE) To play the fool; to trifle; to toy; to spend time in idle sport or mirth.
- 2.
- (TRANSITIVE) To infatuate; to make foolish.
- 3.
- (TRANSITIVE) To use as a fool; to deceive in a shameful or mortifying manner; to impose upon; to cheat by inspiring foolish confidence; as, to fool one out of his money.
- 1.
- buffoon, clown, harlequin, jester, blockhead, dolt, dunce, idiot, imbecile, nincompoop, oaf, simpleton
- 1.
- genius, philosopher, sage, scholar