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fule

fule noun: fool.

Noun

fule (plural fules)

  1. (Scotland, dialectal) fool
    • That army gent, Major Boston, as is agent for all the College lands down the valley, he be a poor weak fule, and when all these tinants come to him and say that they must either hev the land at five shillings an acre or go, he gits scared, he du, and down goes the rent of some of the best meadow...1888, H. Rider Haggard, Colonel Quaritch, V.C.
    • "Why, you dog-goned old fule, you cain't hit thet bawl."1914, Zane Grey, The Light of Western Stars

Adjective

fule

  1. (Scotland, dialectal) fool
    • "What's the fule thing shaking for?" said he; "I mean nothing but civility to you.1818, Sir Walter Scott, The Heart of Mid-Lothian, Volume 2

Forms of fule

pluralfules

Words formed from fule

Questions about fule

What does fule mean?
Fule means fool.
What part of speech is fule?
Fule can be a noun or an adjective.
What is the plural of fule?
The plural of fule is fules.

Words near fule in the dictionary

  1. fulcrum
  2. fulcrums
  3. Fulda
  4. Fuldan
  5. Fuldans
  6. fule
  7. fules
  8. Fulfer
  9. Fulfers
  10. fulfil
  11. fulfill

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