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fool-saint

fool-saint noun: a person who lives an admirably holy but eccentric life, at odds with conventional lifestyles.

Noun

fool-saint (plural fool-saints)

  1. A person who lives an admirably holy but eccentric life, at odds with conventional lifestyles.

Forms of fool-saint

pluralfool-saints

Questions about fool-saint

What does fool-saint mean?
Fool-saint means a person who lives an admirably holy but eccentric life, at odds with conventional lifestyles.
What part of speech is fool-saint?
Fool-saint is a noun.
What is the plural of fool-saint?
The plural of fool-saint is fool-saints.

Words near fool-saint in the dictionary

  1. fool's-parsley
  2. fool-hardy
  3. fool-hearted
  4. fool-heartedly
  5. fool-heartedness
  6. fool-saint
  7. fool-saints
  8. foolability
  9. foolable
  10. Foolah
  11. Foolahs

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