Resembling or having the characteristics of a fool; foolish in appearance or behavior.
Compound of 'fool' (Old English 'fol') and '-like' (Old English 'gelīc' meaning similar to), a productive suffix in English that creates resemblance adjectives.
The '-like' suffix is one of English's most creative tools—you can add it to almost any noun to describe something that resembles it, from 'childlike' to 'dreamlike,' showing how language lets speakers invent new meanings on the fly.
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