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motley fool

noun

Etymology

From motley (“multi-colored cloth; a jester's clothes”) + fool (“a jester”).

  1. derived from follis
  2. derived from fol
  3. inherited from fol
  4. compounded as motley fool — “motley + fool”

Definitions

  1. A court jester

    A court jester; a jester.

    • A fool, a fool! I met a fool i’ th’ forest, / A motley fool. A miserable world!

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