Foolish vs Scissorbill - What's the difference?
foolish | scissorbill |
Lacking good sense or judgement; unwise.
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*:As a political system democracy seems to me extraordinarily foolish , but I would not go out of my way to protest against it. My servant is, so far as I am concerned, welcome to as many votes as he can get. I would very gladly make mine over to him if I could.
Resembling or characteristic of a fool.
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*(Aeschylus)
*:It is a profitable thing, if one is wise, to seem foolish .
The black skimmer (Rynchops niger ) bird native to the Atlantic states, USA.
(US) Someone considered contemptible or foolish.
(US) An Industrial Workers of the World (IWW) and railroad term for someone who refused to join the union or who openly colluded with management to thwart the union.
As an adjective foolish
is lacking good sense or judgement; unwise.As a noun scissorbill is
the black skimmer (Rynchops niger) bird native to the Atlantic states, USA.foolish
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Adjective
(en-adj)Synonyms
* absurd * idiotic * ridiculous * silly * unwiseAntonyms
* wiseDerived terms
* foolishnessscissorbill
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Noun
(en noun)References
*Scissorbill, in Dictionary of American Regional English by Joan Houston Hall. Harvard University Press: 2002, Page 786.