April fooln.int.

Brit.

/ˌeɪpr(ᵻ)l ˈfuːl/, U.S.

/ˌeɪprəl ˈful/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: April n., fool n.¹

Etymology: < April n. + fool n.¹ Compare slightly later All Fools' Day n.The custom of playing tricks on the first of April apparently came to Britain from the continent in the second half of the 17th cent; its origin is uncertain. Compare German jemanden in den April schicken to play a trick on someone on the first of April (1645), Aprilnarr victim of such a trick (1697, although this compound may be after English). Compare also French poisson d'avril a paper fish pinned to the back of a person on the first of April, a trick played on the first of April (1718; earlier in Middle French denoting a messenger of love (15th cent.)).

A. n.

1. The victim of a trick or hoax on the first of April. Cf. April Fool's Day n. at Compounds.In quots. 1629 and 1693, in figurative context.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > cheating, fraud > trickery, playing jokes > [noun] > day for tricks > victim of

April fool1629

April-gowk1777

1629 E. Lechmere Disputation of Church sig. †6 For my part, I was not willing at the sight of yours (which I espied by meere chaunce, and neuer sawe but once) to be made an Aprill foole, and therefore would not be so farre at your commaund.

1693 W. Congreve Old Batchelour i. i. 5 That's one of Loves April-fools, is always upon some errand that's to no purpose.

1711 J. Addison Spectator No. 47. ¶8 An ingenious Tribe of Men..who are for making April Fools every Day in the Year. These Gentlemen are commonly distinguished by the name of Biters.

1767 Gazetteer & New Daily Advertiser 9 Apr. Lorenzo, who affects to live by rule, The Gambler's dupe, and Folly's ‘April fool’!

1827 Amer. Masonic Rec. 19 May 123/2 Was delighted to see him..draw out his feet covered with the yolk. Laughed heartily, and exclaimed, ‘April fool’.

c1830 T. P. Thompson Exercises (1842) IV. 518 It will be difficult to make April-fools of a whole people that can read and write.

1910 Oxfordshire Village Folklore 24 88 On April 1st there was the usual custom of making everyone an April Fool.

2001 T. Mitton in J. Foster Ready, Steady, Rap 28 Don't let them make you an April Fool.

2. A trick or hoax perpetrated on the first of April.

ΚΠ

1845 G. Flagg Let. 15 Mar. in Flagg Corr. (1986) 64 I think this will turn out to be an April fool for I am sure none of you can go.

1903 C. L. Burnham Jewel iv. 45 It was an April fool, was n't it?

1992 Independent 2 Apr. 27/7 An item about a bull seal that can attract females by inflating its right nostril into a large red balloon. This last was not an April Fool.

2004 Mirror (Ulster ed.) (Nexis) 3 Apr. 6 I don't think anyone has ever played an April Fool on me.

B. int.

Used to announce that the speaker has played an April Fool's Day trick. Cf. April Fool's int.Contrast uses of sense A. 1 of the noun which are used to call a particular victim of an April Fool's Day trick an ‘April fool’ (see for example quot. 1827 at sense A. 1).

ΚΠ

1919 Continent 27 Mar. 368/2 ‘Oh, ha, ha!’ laughed Jack. ‘April fool! April fool!’.. Robert smiled ruefully. ‘I guess old Jack Frost fooled us that time.’

1979 MAC Flyer Apr. 27/3 C. R. belly-laughed, ‘April Fool, You all!’

2016 New Straits Times (Malaysia) (Nexis) 1 Apr. 22 All hell broke loose with my actions [of pretending water is vodka] and when everyone was screaming, I shouted, ‘April Fool. It's just water.’

Compounds

April Fool's Day n. (originally April Fool Day) the first of April, as a day on which tricks or hoaxes are traditionally perpetrated.

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > period > year > [noun] > specific days of the year

Candlemas1014

May Day1267

All Souls' Dayc1300

midsummer evena1400

firstc1400

Beltane1424

midsummer eve1426

quarter day1435

Beltane1456

mid-Sundaya1475

madding-day1568

Lord Mayor's day1591

Barnaby bright1595

Lammas-eve1597

All Saints' Night1607

Handsel Monday1635

distaff's day1648

long Barnabya1657

St. Valentine's eve1671

leet-day1690

All Fools' Day1702

Boxing Day1743

April Fool's Day1748

Royal Oak Day1759

box day1765

Oak-apple Day1802

All Souls' Eve1805

mischief night1830

Shick-shack Day1847

chalk-back day1851

call night1864

Nut-Monday1867

Arbor Day1872

April Fool's1873

Labour Day1884

Martinmas Sunday1885

call day1886

Samhain1888

Juneteenth1890

Mother's Day1890

Father's Day1908

Thinking Day1927

Punkie night1931

Tweede Nuwejaar1947

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > cheating, fraud > trickery, playing jokes > [noun] > day for tricks

All Fools' Day1702

April Fool's Day1748

mischief night1830

chalk-back day1851

April Fool's1873

1748 Brit. Mag. Apr. 172/1 On the first of April, called April-Fool Day.

1753 World 8 Mar. x. 59 No wise man will tell me that it is not as reasonable to fall out for the observance of April-fool-day.

1832 T. Carlyle in Fraser's Mag. 5 260 Let the foolish April-fool-day pass by.

1928 Amer. Speech 3 462 We [sc. an Aquarium] discontinue service on April Fool's Day because of the too great popularity of..[calls for] Mr C. Lyon.

2004 Herald Sun (Melbourne) (Nexis) 3 Apr. 32 He'd forgotten the other great thing about April Fool's Day—the flurry of pinches and punches for the first of the month.

Derivatives

ˌApril 'foolery n. the hoaxes or tricks associated with April Fool's Day; an instance of this.

ΚΠ

1823 New Monthly Mag. 8 119 Pigeon's milk, one of the favourite engines of April foolery, is as old as Aristophanes.

1848 M. Fuller Ossoli Let. 1 Apr. in R. W. Emerson et al. Mem. Margaret Fuller Ossoli (1860) II. 236 Yesterday, on returning from Ostia, I find the official news..that Italy is free... I trust this will prove no April foolery.

1967 Times 22 Mar. 22 The orders were the biggest bit of April foolery that had ever been played on the public.

2007 Press & Jrnl. (Aberdeen) (Nexis) 30 Mar. 13 The success of this hoax is widely credited with launching the enthusiasm for April Foolery that then gripped the British tabloids in the following decades.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	april fool
释义	April fooln.int. Brit. /ˌeɪpr(ᵻ)l ˈfuːl/, U.S. /ˌeɪprəl ˈful/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: April n., fool n.¹ Etymology: < April n. + fool n.¹ Compare slightly later All Fools' Day n.The custom of playing tricks on the first of April apparently came to Britain from the continent in the second half of the 17th cent; its origin is uncertain. Compare German jemanden in den April schicken to play a trick on someone on the first of April (1645), Aprilnarr victim of such a trick (1697, although this compound may be after English). Compare also French poisson d'avril a paper fish pinned to the back of a person on the first of April, a trick played on the first of April (1718; earlier in Middle French denoting a messenger of love (15th cent.)). A. n. 1. The victim of a trick or hoax on the first of April. Cf. April Fool's Day n. at Compounds.In quots. 1629 and 1693, in figurative context. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > cheating, fraud > trickery, playing jokes > [noun] > day for tricks > victim of April fool1629 April-gowk1777 1629 E. Lechmere Disputation of Church sig. †6 For my part, I was not willing at the sight of yours (which I espied by meere chaunce, and neuer sawe but once) to be made an Aprill foole, and therefore would not be so farre at your commaund. 1693 W. Congreve Old Batchelour i. i. 5 That's one of Loves April-fools, is always upon some errand that's to no purpose. 1711 J. Addison Spectator No. 47. ¶8 An ingenious Tribe of Men..who are for making April Fools every Day in the Year. These Gentlemen are commonly distinguished by the name of Biters. 1767 Gazetteer & New Daily Advertiser 9 Apr. Lorenzo, who affects to live by rule, The Gambler's dupe, and Folly's ‘April fool’! 1827 Amer. Masonic Rec. 19 May 123/2 Was delighted to see him..draw out his feet covered with the yolk. Laughed heartily, and exclaimed, ‘April fool’. c1830 T. P. Thompson Exercises (1842) IV. 518 It will be difficult to make April-fools of a whole people that can read and write. 1910 Oxfordshire Village Folklore 24 88 On April 1st there was the usual custom of making everyone an April Fool. 2001 T. Mitton in J. Foster Ready, Steady, Rap 28 Don't let them make you an April Fool. 2. A trick or hoax perpetrated on the first of April. ΚΠ 1845 G. Flagg Let. 15 Mar. in Flagg Corr. (1986) 64 I think this will turn out to be an April fool for I am sure none of you can go. 1903 C. L. Burnham Jewel iv. 45 It was an April fool, was n't it? 1992 Independent 2 Apr. 27/7 An item about a bull seal that can attract females by inflating its right nostril into a large red balloon. This last was not an April Fool. 2004 Mirror (Ulster ed.) (Nexis) 3 Apr. 6 I don't think anyone has ever played an April Fool on me. B. int. Used to announce that the speaker has played an April Fool's Day trick. Cf. April Fool's int.Contrast uses of sense A. 1 of the noun which are used to call a particular victim of an April Fool's Day trick an ‘April fool’ (see for example quot. 1827 at sense A. 1). ΚΠ 1919 Continent 27 Mar. 368/2 ‘Oh, ha, ha!’ laughed Jack. ‘April fool! April fool!’.. Robert smiled ruefully. ‘I guess old Jack Frost fooled us that time.’ 1979 MAC Flyer Apr. 27/3 C. R. belly-laughed, ‘April Fool, You all!’ 2016 New Straits Times (Malaysia) (Nexis) 1 Apr. 22 All hell broke loose with my actions [of pretending water is vodka] and when everyone was screaming, I shouted, ‘April Fool. It's just water.’ Compounds April Fool's Day n. (originally April Fool Day) the first of April, as a day on which tricks or hoaxes are traditionally perpetrated. ΘΚΠ the world > time > period > year > [noun] > specific days of the year Candlemas1014 May Day1267 All Souls' Dayc1300 midsummer evena1400 firstc1400 Beltane1424 midsummer eve1426 quarter day1435 Beltane1456 mid-Sundaya1475 madding-day1568 Lord Mayor's day1591 Barnaby bright1595 Lammas-eve1597 All Saints' Night1607 Handsel Monday1635 distaff's day1648 long Barnabya1657 St. Valentine's eve1671 leet-day1690 All Fools' Day1702 Boxing Day1743 April Fool's Day1748 Royal Oak Day1759 box day1765 Oak-apple Day1802 All Souls' Eve1805 mischief night1830 Shick-shack Day1847 chalk-back day1851 call night1864 Nut-Monday1867 Arbor Day1872 April Fool's1873 Labour Day1884 Martinmas Sunday1885 call day1886 Samhain1888 Juneteenth1890 Mother's Day1890 Father's Day1908 Thinking Day1927 Punkie night1931 Tweede Nuwejaar1947 the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > cheating, fraud > trickery, playing jokes > [noun] > day for tricks All Fools' Day1702 April Fool's Day1748 mischief night1830 chalk-back day1851 April Fool's1873 1748 Brit. Mag. Apr. 172/1 On the first of April, called April-Fool Day. 1753 World 8 Mar. x. 59 No wise man will tell me that it is not as reasonable to fall out for the observance of April-fool-day. 1832 T. Carlyle in Fraser's Mag. 5 260 Let the foolish April-fool-day pass by. 1928 Amer. Speech 3 462 We [sc. an Aquarium] discontinue service on April Fool's Day because of the too great popularity of..[calls for] Mr C. Lyon. 2004 Herald Sun (Melbourne) (Nexis) 3 Apr. 32 He'd forgotten the other great thing about April Fool's Day—the flurry of pinches and punches for the first of the month. Derivatives ˌApril 'foolery n. the hoaxes or tricks associated with April Fool's Day; an instance of this. ΚΠ 1823 New Monthly Mag. 8 119 Pigeon's milk, one of the favourite engines of April foolery, is as old as Aristophanes. 1848 M. Fuller Ossoli Let. 1 Apr. in R. W. Emerson et al. Mem. Margaret Fuller Ossoli (1860) II. 236 Yesterday, on returning from Ostia, I find the official news..that Italy is free... I trust this will prove no April foolery. 1967 Times 22 Mar. 22 The orders were the biggest bit of April foolery that had ever been played on the public. 2007 Press & Jrnl. (Aberdeen) (Nexis) 30 Mar. 13 The success of this hoax is widely credited with launching the enthusiasm for April Foolery that then gripped the British tabloids in the following decades. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022). April foolv. Brit. /ˌeɪpr(ᵻ)l ˈfuːl/, U.S. /ˌeɪprəl ˈful/ Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: April fool n. Etymology: < April fool n. transitive. To play an April Fool's Day trick upon (a person). ΚΠ 1823 Times 3 Apr. 3/3 Mr. Jolter, sir, and Mr. Scraggs, sir, them as you April-fooled this morning. 1863 H. A. London in Amer. Speech (1951) 26 181/1 [I] April fooled some fellows. 1953 Syracuse (N.Y.) Herald Jrnl. 31 Mar. 5/1 I was April fooled quite a few times when I was a kid. 2007 Los Angeles Times (Nexis) 4 Aug. a1 I wonder if Drudge got ‘April fooled’. Derivatives April ˈfooling n. ΚΠ 1919 E. H. Jones Road to En-dor (ed. 2, 1920) xviii. 186 The old British custom of April-fooling. 1946 Calif. Folklore Q. 5 208 April fooling was practised with considerable éclat. 2007 News & Observer (Raleigh, N. Carolina) (Nexis) 8 Apr. a26 Now that the April fooling is finished it's time for Easter. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.int.1629v.1823
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April fooln.int.

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April foolv.

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