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Definition: Befooling |
BefoolingNoun1. Derision of someone or something as foolish or absurd or inconsistent. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "befooling" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1842. (references) |
Synonym: BefoolingSynonym: stultification (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Befooling |
| Etymologies containing "befooling": Befool. (references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "b-e-f-g-i-l-n-o-o" | |
-2 letters: fooling, ignoble, lobefin. | |
-3 letters: befool, belong, biogen, blooie, boogie, booing, eloign, flooie, foible, globin, goblin, goonie, legion, logion, looing, oblige, oblong, olefin. | |
-4 letters: befog, begin, being, bilge, binge, bingo, bogie, bogle, boing, bongo, elfin, eloin, feign, felon, fling, flong, fogie, folio, globe, gonef, gonif, gonof, igloo, ingle, lingo, logoi, longe, looie, noble, obeli. | |
| Words containing the letters "b-e-f-g-i-l-n-o-o" | |
+3 letters: forebodingly. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)42 65 66 6F 6F 6C 69 6E 67 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)-... . ..-. --- --- .-.. .. -. --. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000010 01100101 01100110 01101111 01101111 01101100 01101001 01101110 01100111 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)B e f o o l i n g |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0042 0065 0066 006F 006F 006C 0069 006E 0067 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)367172818178758073 |
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