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unfooling

unfooling is the present participle and gerund of unfool.

Meaning of unfool

Verb

unfool (third-person singular simple present unfools, present participle unfooling, simple past and past participle unfooled)

  1. (transitive) To restore from folly, from being a fool, or from being foolish.
    • haue you any
      way then to vnfoole me againe. Set downe the basketc. 1597 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Merry Wiues of Windsor”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward]...

Questions about unfooling

What is unfooling the present participle and gerund of?
Unfooling is the present participle and gerund of unfool.

Words near unfooling in the dictionary

  1. unfood
  2. unfoods
  3. unfool
  4. unfoolable
  5. unfooled
  6. unfooling
  7. unfoolish
  8. unfools
  9. unfooted
  10. unfootnoted
  11. unfootprinted

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