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Definition: TO PLAY THE FOOL |
TO PLAY THE FOOL1. To act the buffoon; to act a foolish part. ``I have played the fool, and have erred exceedingly.'' --1 Sam. xxvi. 21. |
Crosswords: TO PLAY THE FOOL |
| English words defined with "TO PLAY THE FOOL": To trifle with. (references) |
| Language | Translations for "TO PLAY THE FOOL"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||
Hungarian | ostoba tréfákat űz, bolondozik (fool around, frolic, lark, monkey with, to arse about, to arse around, to clown, to cut capers, to fart about, to fart around, to fool, to lark, to play the giddy goat, to play up, to quiz, to screw around). (various references) | ||||
Japanese Kanji | 惚ける (to be in one's dotage, to fade, to feign ignorance, to grow senile, to have a blank facial expression, to play dumb, to play innocent), 恍ける (to be in one's dotage, to feign ignorance, to have a blank facial expression, to play dumb, to play innocent), 戯ける (to act indecently, to be silly over, to jest, to joke, to talk foolishly). (various references) | ||||
Japanese Katakana | たわける (to act indecently, to be silly over, to jest, to joke, to talk foolishly), おどける (to act indecently, to be silly over, to jest, to joke, to talk foolishly), とぼける (to be in one's dotage, to feign ignorance, to have a blank facial expression, to play dumb, to play innocent). (various references) | ||||
Pig Latin | otay ayplay ethay oolfay | ||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | ineptio. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-e-f-h-l-l-o-o-o-p-t-t-y" | |
-5 letters: allotype, footpath, holotype, loophole, toplofty. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)54 4F 50 4C 41 59 54 48 45 46 4F 4F 4C |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010100 01001111 00100000 01010000 01001100 01000001 01011001 00100000 01010100 01001000 01000101 00100000 01000110 01001111 01001111 01001100 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)T O   P L A Y   T H E   F O O L |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0054 004F 0050 004C 0041 0059 0054 0048 0045 0046 004F 004F 004C |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)54492504635592544239240494946 |
| 1. Definition 2. Crosswords 3. Translations: Modern 4. Translations: Ancient | 5. Anagrams 6. Orthography 7. Bibliography |
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