fool-likeadv.adj.

Brit.

/ˈfuːllʌɪk/, U.S.

/ˈfulˌlaɪk/

Forms: see fool n.¹ and -like suffix; also Irish English (northern) 1800s fael-like.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: fool n.¹, -like suffix.

Etymology: < fool n.¹ + -like suffix. Compare earlier foolish adj. and foolishly adv.

A. adv.

Like a fool; in the manner of a fool. Now rare.More common than the adjectival use (see sense B.) in the 19th cent.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > foolishness, folly > [adverb]

unwiselyc897

dizzilyc1175

folly?c1225

canglichec1230

mazedlya1250

follilyc1330

unskilfully1340

unwittily1362

lewdlyc1380

nicelya1387

fondlya1450

nicea1450

foolishlyc1450

foliously1481

ineptly1523

peevishly?1529

simply1535

insipiently1536

senselessly1561

fonly1579

sillilyc1598

perperously1657

insipidly1699

daftly1724

silly1731

stupid?1757

dawkinly1763

fool-like1800

unsagely1801

spoonily1861

assishly1863

ill-advisedly1879

1800 S. T. Coleridge tr. F. Schiller Death Wallenstein ii. vi. 51 Think'st thou, that fool-like, I shall let thee go, And act the mock-magnanimous with thee?

1875 Boy's Athenæum Jan. 72/2 Fool-like, I grew to love the girl.

1921 Sat. Evening Post 3 Sept. 5/1 Fool-like, I turned to and gave him a mild, admonitory drubbing.

1930 J. Fincken Jrnl. Oct. in What Clouds there were were White (2003) (e-book ed.) 507 None of us knew what to say next and then I had to say something—fool-like—about the tickets.

B. adj.

1. Chiefly Scottish. Foolish, silly, stupid. Now rare.

ΘΚΠ

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

1811 W. Aiton Gen. View Agric. Ayr xvi. 645 Unfortunately they generally throw away much of their revenue, in purchasing flags, swords,..and other fooleries, and in making fool-like parades, through towns, drinking on the street, &c.

1880 Guiding Pillar 33 But surely, Stanley, you know better than to believe any such fool-like story.

1898 A. McIlroy Auld Meetin'-hoose Green xiii. 165 It lucks fael-like, on my pert, takin' on wi' new-fang'll'd notions.

1917 A. E. Barr Christine vii. 180 She spoke with contempt o' the fool-like way Aberdeen folk went en, every time a lad happened to get a degree, or a bit o' school honor.

2015 G. McKay tr. W. Auld La Infana Raso 138 Dae ye keep mind o't, fuil-like chiel? An are ye scunnert at the ruckle?

2. Characteristic or reminiscent of a fool. Now usually with reference to the character of the fool in a play (cf. fool n.¹ 2a).

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > performance of jester or comedian > [adjective] > jester or comedian

mimic1598

mimical1603

merry-andrew1678

mimy1683

fool-like1829

1829 Cobbett's Weekly Polit. Reg. 21 Mar. 365 The annals of the world do not exhibit two months so fertile in apostasy, perfidy,..and fool-like vanity.

1833 tr. V. Hugo Slave-king ii. iv. 128 An open and contemptuous mouth,..arms hanging by the side, and the left hand turned outward without apparent motive, denote deficiency of intellect and a kind of fool-like curiosity.

1962 V. Alford Sword & Dance Drama xvi. 184 There is an interesting character called Rabela, playing the ferreñas and indulging in Fool-like behaviour, mocking the dancers.

1998 K. Treanor in V. K. Janik Fools & Jesters in Lit., Art, & Hist. 94 He was indeed a witty fool-like character.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2020; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	fool-like
释义	fool-likeadv.adj. Brit. /ˈfuːllʌɪk/, U.S. /ˈfulˌlaɪk/ Forms: see fool n.¹ and -like suffix; also Irish English (northern) 1800s fael-like. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: fool n.¹, -like suffix. Etymology: < fool n.¹ + -like suffix. Compare earlier foolish adj. and foolishly adv. A. adv. Like a fool; in the manner of a fool. Now rare.More common than the adjectival use (see sense B.) in the 19th cent. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > foolishness, folly > [adverb] unwiselyc897 dizzilyc1175 folly?c1225 canglichec1230 mazedlya1250 follilyc1330 unskilfully1340 unwittily1362 lewdlyc1380 nicelya1387 fondlya1450 nicea1450 foolishlyc1450 foliously1481 ineptly1523 peevishly?1529 simply1535 insipiently1536 senselessly1561 fonly1579 sillilyc1598 perperously1657 insipidly1699 daftly1724 silly1731 stupid?1757 dawkinly1763 fool-like1800 unsagely1801 spoonily1861 assishly1863 ill-advisedly1879 1800 S. T. Coleridge tr. F. Schiller Death Wallenstein ii. vi. 51 Think'st thou, that fool-like, I shall let thee go, And act the mock-magnanimous with thee? 1875 Boy's Athenæum Jan. 72/2 Fool-like, I grew to love the girl. 1921 Sat. Evening Post 3 Sept. 5/1 Fool-like, I turned to and gave him a mild, admonitory drubbing. 1930 J. Fincken Jrnl. Oct. in What Clouds there were were White (2003) (e-book ed.) 507 None of us knew what to say next and then I had to say something—fool-like—about the tickets. B. adj. 1. Chiefly Scottish. Foolish, silly, stupid. Now rare. ΘΚΠ 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 1811 W. Aiton Gen. View Agric. Ayr xvi. 645 Unfortunately they generally throw away much of their revenue, in purchasing flags, swords,..and other fooleries, and in making fool-like parades, through towns, drinking on the street, &c. 1880 Guiding Pillar 33 But surely, Stanley, you know better than to believe any such fool-like story. 1898 A. McIlroy Auld Meetin'-hoose Green xiii. 165 It lucks fael-like, on my pert, takin' on wi' new-fang'll'd notions. 1917 A. E. Barr Christine vii. 180 She spoke with contempt o' the fool-like way Aberdeen folk went en, every time a lad happened to get a degree, or a bit o' school honor. 2015 G. McKay tr. W. Auld La Infana Raso 138 Dae ye keep mind o't, fuil-like chiel? An are ye scunnert at the ruckle? 2. Characteristic or reminiscent of a fool. Now usually with reference to the character of the fool in a play (cf. fool n.¹ 2a). ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > performance of jester or comedian > [adjective] > jester or comedian mimic1598 mimical1603 merry-andrew1678 mimy1683 fool-like1829 1829 Cobbett's Weekly Polit. Reg. 21 Mar. 365 The annals of the world do not exhibit two months so fertile in apostasy, perfidy,..and fool-like vanity. 1833 tr. V. Hugo Slave-king ii. iv. 128 An open and contemptuous mouth,..arms hanging by the side, and the left hand turned outward without apparent motive, denote deficiency of intellect and a kind of fool-like curiosity. 1962 V. Alford Sword & Dance Drama xvi. 184 There is an interesting character called Rabela, playing the ferreñas and indulging in Fool-like behaviour, mocking the dancers. 1998 K. Treanor in V. K. Janik Fools & Jesters in Lit., Art, & Hist. 94 He was indeed a witty fool-like character. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2020; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adv.adj.1800
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