Bible Dictionaries
Fool

Webster's Dictionary

(1):

(v. t.) 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.

(2):

(n.) One who acts contrary to moral and religious wisdom; a wicked person.

(3):

(n.) A compound of gooseberries scalded and crushed, with cream; - commonly called gooseberry fool.

(4):

(n.) One destitute of reason, or of the common powers of understanding; an idiot; a natural.

(5):

(n.) 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.

(6):

(n.) One who counterfeits folly; a professional jester or buffoon; a retainer formerly kept to make sport, dressed fantastically in motley, with ridiculous accouterments.

(7):

(v. i.) To play the fool; to trifle; to toy; to spend time in idle sport or mirth.

(8):

(v. t.) To infatuate; to make foolish.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Fool'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​f/fool.html. 1828.