Foolsome

adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Marked by foolishness or characteristic of a fool; foolish

    "The great Lord Burleigh has left it upon record in a letter to his son, that "no fool is more foolsome than a she-fool." We should be inclined to amend that ungallant saying, and to urge that no fool is really more foolsome than your humanitarian crank, [...]"

Example

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"The great Lord Burleigh has left it upon record in a letter to his son, that "no fool is more foolsome than a she-fool." We should be inclined to amend that ungallant saying, and to urge that no fool is really more foolsome than your humanitarian crank, [...]"

Etymology

From fool + -some.

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