foolish

Words with a similar base: foolish

'foolish'

[foolish.a.01] as in: devoid of good sense or judgment

Examples:
foolish remarks
a foolish decision

'foolish'

[anserine.s.01] as in: having or revealing stupidity

Examples:
ridiculous anserine behavior
a dopey answer
a dopey kid
some fool idea about rewriting authors' books

Origins

					foolish (English)
├── -ish (English)
│   └── -ish (Middle English (1100-1500))
└── fool (English)
    └── fol (Middle English (1100-1500))
        └── fol (Old French (842-ca. 1400))
            └── follis (Latin)

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