different between woolish vs foolish

English

Alternative forms

• woollish

Etymology

wool +? -ish

Adjective

woolish (comparative more woolish, superlative most woolish)

1. Resembling or characteristic of wool.
   • 1998, Harris Mullen, God Bless General Early, High Water Press (1998), ?ISBN, page 263:

     He grabbed a woolish outfit and didn't realize until putting on the jacket that it was his Confederate uniform.

   • 2004, L. B. Richards, The Adventures of Charley Tooth, Vortex (2004), ?ISBN, page 279:

     He also wore a woolish hat that he had down almost over his eyes.

   • 2006, C. S. Lovelace, Memoirs of a Lost Island: Remembrances of a Lifetime of Nantucket Summers, ?ISBN, page 106:

     (If they had been in color, you would see the flash of gold and white against the green moors -- and, who knows, maybe some woolish grey?)

   • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:woolish.

Synonyms

• woollike
• wooly, woolly

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

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