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motley fool
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun motley fool has 1 sense
- motley fool(n = noun.person) fool, jester - a professional clown employed to entertain a king or nobleman in the Middle Ages; Array is a kind of buffoon, clown, goof, goofball, merry andrew
ROGET THESAURUS
motley fool
Humorist
N humorist, wag, wit, reparteeist, epigrammatist, punster, bel esprit, life of the party, wit-snapper, wit-cracker, wit- worm, joker, jester, Joe Miller, drole de corps, gaillard, spark, bon diable, practical joker, buffoon, farceur, merry-andrew, mime, tumbler, acrobat, mountebank, charlatan, posturemaster, harlequin, punch, pulcinella, scaramouch, clown, wearer of the cap and bells, wearer of the motley, motley fool, pantaloon, gypsy, jack-pudding, jack in the green, jack a dandy, wiseacre, wise guy, smartass, fool, zany, madcap, pickle-herring, witling, caricaturist, grimacier, persifleur.
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