different between foolish vs featherhead

foolish

English

Etymology

From Middle English folisch; equivalent to fool +? -ish.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /?fu?.l??/

Adjective

foolish (comparative foolisher or more foolish, superlative foolishest or most foolish)

  1. (of a person, an action, etc.) Lacking good sense or judgement; unwise.
  2. Resembling or characteristic of a fool.

Synonyms

  • absurd
  • idiotic
  • ridiculous
  • silly
  • unwise

Antonyms

  • wise

Derived terms

  • a foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds
  • foolishly
  • foolishness

Translations

foolish From the web:

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  • what foolishness you talking
  • what does foolish mean
  • what do foolish mean
  • what is meant by foolish


featherhead

English

Etymology

feather +? head

Noun

featherhead (plural featherheads)

  1. A foolish person.
    • 1886, Henry James, The Princess Casamassima
      He waited and waited, in the faith that Schinkel was dealing with them in his slow, categorical Teutonic way, and only objurgated the cabinetmaker for having in the first place paltered with his sacred trust. Why hadn't he come straight to him—whatever the mysterious document was—instead of talking it over with French featherheads?

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