fool-fooladj.
/ˈfuːlˌfuːl/, U.S. /ˈfulˌful/, Caribbean English /ˈfuːlˌfuːl/ Caribbean (chiefly Jamaican).
Foolish, silly; esp. simple-minded, naive, gullible.
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the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > foolishness, folly > [adjective]
dizzyc825
unwisec825
redelessOE
unwittyc1000
daftlikec1175
witlessc1175
canga1225
adoted?c1225
cangun?c1225
egedec1225
cangeda1250
foola1250
snepea1250
aerwittec1275
sotlyc1275
unslyc1275
unwitterc1275
unwilya1300
nicec1300
goosishc1374
unskilfulc1374
follyc1380
lewdc1380
mis-feelinga1382
dottlec1390
foltedc1390
peevishc1400
fona1425
fonnishc1425
foliousa1450
foolisha1450
daft?c1450
doitedc1450
dotyc1450
daffish1470
insapientc1470
gucked?a1500
wanwittya1500
furious1526
insipient1528
seelya1529
dawish?1529
foolage1545
momish1546
base-wittedc1547
stultitiousa1549
follifulc1550
senseless1565
mopish1568
fondish1579
unsensiblea1586
fondly1587
dizzardly1594
follial1596
featlessc1598
fopperly1599
gowkeda1605
inept1604
simple1604
anserine1607
foppish1608
silly ass1608
unsage1608
wisdomless1608
fool-beggeda1616
Gotham1621
noddy1645
badot1653
dosser-headed1655
infrunite1657
nonsensicalc1661
slight1663
sappy1670
datelessa1686
noddy-peaked1694
nizy1709
dottled1772
gypit1804
shay-brained1806
folly-stricken1807
fool-like1811
goosy1811
spoony1813
niddle-noddle1821
gumptionless1823
daftish1825
anserous1826
as crazy as a loon1830
spoonish1833
cheese-headed1836
dotty1860
fool-fool1868
noodly1870
dilly1873
gormless1883
daffy1884
monkey-doodle1886
mosy1887
jay1891
pithecanthropic1897
peanut-headed1906
dinlo1907
boob1911
goofy1921
ding-a-ling1935
jerky1944
jerk1947
jerkish1948
pointy-headed1950
doofus1967
twitty1967
twittish1969
nerkish1975
numpty1992
the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > foolishness, folly > [adjective] > of things, actions, etc.
unwittyc1200
nicea1393
foolisha1413
kimeta1450
peevish1519
silly1566
senseless1579
untoward1658
bright1830
spoony1834
fool-fool1868
noodly1870
twitty1967
twittish1969
1868 T. Russell Etymol. Jamaica Gram. 11 Dis man fool-fool fe toro (true).
1920 Amer. Angler Jan. 450/2 Me tink me finish done, and now dis fool-fool little fish come boder me.
1939 A. Durie One Jamaica Gal iii. 22 Mister Hilary am sweet too but him too foo-foo.
1949 L. Bennett in Jamaican Dial. Poems 49 Wat a big an so-so foo-fool gal.
1982 Z. Edgell Beka Lamb xxiii. 151 You are wasting precious time trying to win that fool-fool contest.
2017 Gleaner (Kingston, Jamaica) 18 Aug. a9/3 Ruby, you are too fool-fool. You lack prudence.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2020; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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