fool
A person with poor judgment or little intelligence.
Example
“You were a fool to cross that busy road without looking.”
Other meanings
A jester; a person whose role was to entertain a sovereign and the court (or lower personages).
A stock character typified by unintelligence, naïveté or lucklessness, usually as a form of comic relief; often used as a source of insight or pathos for the audience, as such characters are generally less bound by social expectations.
Word history
From Latin "follis".
Where this comes from
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