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Motley fool

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Noun
  1. 1
    A court jester; a jester.

    "A fool, a fool! I met a fool i’ th’ forest, / A motley fool. A miserable world!"

  2. 2
    a professional clown employed to entertain a king or nobleman in the Middle Ages wordnet

Etymology

From motley (“multi-colored cloth; a jester's clothes”) + fool (“a jester”).

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