fool | Word of the Day

April 01, 2019 fool [fool] noun 1. a dish made of fruit, scalded or stewed, crushed and mixed with cream or the like: gooseberry fool. word-trends Has The Word "Expert" Lost Its Meaning In 2019? word-trends Is "Crude" The Right Word To Use To Describe Someone's Language? WORD OF THE DAY fool continued... QUOTES The fool, one of the oldest English desserts, is basically nothing more than a mixture of puréed fruit, sugar, and thick cream, the simplest thing in the world. -- James Beard, Beard on Food, 1974 ORIGIN Fool, "a dessert made of scalded or stewed fruit, crushed and mixed with cream," is just the sort of word to cause an etymological food fight. Fool is probably a specialized sense of fool "a silly or stupid person." In the late 16th century, trifle, now meaning "something of little value, consequence, or importance," was a synonym for fool (the dessert), though the dessert we call trifle is now something different. Another (discredited) etymology derives fool from Old French foulex, fole, "a pressing, treading," from fouler, foler "to press, tread." Fool (the dessert) entered English in the 16th century. MORE FOR YOU 1 The Most Searched Words In 2019 On Dictionary.com So Far We're only a quarter of the way through the year, but already we've seen some significant trends in searches on Dictionary.com in 2019. 2 Can We Call Products "Meat" or "Milk" If They Don't Come From Animals? In our age of meatless chicken nuggets, tofu hot dogs, and faux burgers that "bleed," what constitutes meat today? 3 Dissent vs. Protest: Why Choosing The Right Word Matters It seems political conflict in the 2010s has put the words dissent and protest at the center of our vocabulary. But are we using them correctly? 4 The Google Effect And More 'Rules' The Internet Created Who needs to stash away names and dates into our longterm memory when we have Google? And, guess what, that phenomenon has a name! 5 Not All Bad: 7 Ways "Bad" Can Be Good People (and Thesaurus.com) have known for a while that sometimes being bad is really, really good—especially in the bad phrases below. Carry on. © 2018 Dictionary.com, LLC. ABOUT CONTACT You are subscribed to the Word of the Day as: matzom229@gmail.com Subscriber since: September 06, 2017 Unsubscribe Dictionary.com, LLC. 555 12th Street Suite 500 Oakland CA 94607 Manage your subscription Terms & Privacy