Home > April Fools Day > Articles > A Fool's Dictionary

A Fool's Dictionary
by W.Holidays

If it thunders on All Fool's Day, expect good crops of corn and hay.

April Fool: One who is tricked by others into believing or doing something on the first day of April.

Fool:

• One who is regarded as deficient in judgment, sense, or understanding.
• One who acts unwisely on a given occasion.
• One who has been tricked or made to appear ridiculous; a dupe.
• Informal: A person with a talent or an enthusiasm for a certain activity: a dancing fool; a fool for skiing.
• A member of a royal or noble household who provided entertainment, as with jokes or antics; a jester.
• A dessert made of stewed or pured fruit mixed with cream or custard and served cold.
• Archaic: A mentally deficient person; an idiot.

Fool's Cap: A cap with bells attached worn by jesters.

Fool's Errand: A silly, profitless task.

Fool's Gold: Gold-colored iron or copper pyrites, often mistaken for gold.

Fool's Paradise: A make-believe place of vanity and nonsense.

Fool's Parsley: An annual plant that resembles parsley, but is poisonous and creates nauseous if eaten.

Playing the Fool: To act like the idiot or foolishly.

Tomfoolery: The act of foolishness or silliness.

Trompe l'oeil: An artistic term meaning "fool the eye". A painting that simulates 3-dimensions or marble is Trompe l'oeil. There are incredible examples in the Vatican.

"I have played the fool, and have erred exceedingly.''
--1 Sam. xxvi. 21.