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| Domain | Definition |
Literature | Cap and Bells Wearing the cap and bells. Said of a person who is the butt of the company, or one who excites laughter at his own expense. The reference is to licensed jesters formerly attached to noblemen's establishments. Their headgear was a cap with bells. "One is bound to speak the truth ... whether he mounts the cap and bells or a shovel hat [like a bishop]."- Thackeray. Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Humorist | Buffoon, farceur, merry-andrew, mime, tumbler, acrobat, mountebank, charlatan, posturemaster, harlequin, punch, pulcinella, scaramouch, clown; wearer of the cap and bells, wearer of the motley; motley fool; pantaloon, gypsy; jack-pudding, jack in the green, jack a dandy; wiseacre, wise guy, smartass; fool. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: CAP AND BELLS |
| Etymologies containing "CAP AND BELLS": foolscap. (references) |
Expression using "CAP AND BELLS": fool's cap and bells. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| Language | Translations for "CAP AND BELLS"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
German | schellenkappe (fool's cap). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | csörgősipka (cap with bells, fool's cap). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | apcay anday ellsbay tichia prostului (coxcomb). (various references) шутовской колпак (fool's cap, foolscap). (various references) narrkåpa (fool's cap and bells). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-b-c-d-e-l-l-n-p-s" | |
-2 letters: landscape, spaceband. | |
-3 letters: alcaldes, anableps, balanced, balances, ballades, caballed, calendal, canalled, candelas, canellas, capelans, lapsable, placable, scabland, scalable, scalepan. | |
-4 letters: alcades, alcalde, anlaces, balance, ballade, ballads, balneal, beclasp, bedpans, calends, callans, canaled, canapes, candela, candles, canella, capable, capelan, clasped, decanal, enclasp, paellas, palaced, palaces, salable, scalade, scalped, scalpel, scandal, spalled, spancel. | |
-5 letters: abased, alands. | |
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