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Fool's Cap

Definition: Fool's Cap

Fool's Cap

Noun

1. A cone-shaped paper hat formerly placed on the head of slow or lazy pupils.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 


Synonyms: Fool's Cap

Synonyms: dunce cap (n), dunce's cap (n). (additional references)

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Synonyms within Context: Fool's Cap

ContextSynonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).

Indication

Warning; omen; prefigurement. trace, record. warning; alarm. scepter. trophy. gauge. milestone, milepost. brand, fool's cap. check, telltale; test; (experiment); mileage ticket; milliary.

Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Crosswords: Fool's Cap

Etymologies containing "fool's cap": foolscap. (references)

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Photo Album: Fool's Cap

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A fool's cap and a plate of ice cream. Credit: Library of Congress.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

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Expression: Fool's Cap

Expression using "fool's cap": fool's cap and bells. Additional references.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: Fool's Cap

Language Translations for "fool's cap"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Albanian

  

kësulë qesharake, kësulë gaztori. (various references)

   

Bulgarian 

  

формат хартия (foolscap), шапка на шут (foolscap). (various references)

   

Czech

  

èepice šaška (foolscap). (various references)

   

German

  

schellenkappe (cap and bells), narrenkappe. (various references)

   

Greek 

  

φύλλο χάρτου. (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

szamársüveg (foolscap), csörgősipka (cap and bells, cap with bells), bohócsapka (foolscap). (various references)

   

Manx

  

bayrn ommidan. (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

ool'sfay apcay

   

Russian 

  

шутовской колпак (cap and bells, foolscap). (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

tabak za pisanje, kapa dvorske budale (coxcomb, foolscap). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

närmössa. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: Fool's Cap

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "'-a-c-f-l-o-o-p-s"

-1 letter: foolscap.

-3 letters: copals, loofas, saloop.

-4 letters: aloof, calfs, calos, capos, claps, clasp, clops, coals, colas, coofs, cools, coops, copal, flaps, flocs, flops, foals, focal, fools, loafs, locos, loofa, loofs, loops, opals, polos, poofs, pools, scalp, scoop, sloop, spoof, spool.

-5 letters: alps, also, calf, calo, capo, caps, clap, clop, coal, cola, cols, coof, cool, coop.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Images: Photo Album
5. Expressions
6. Translations: Modern
7. Anagrams
8. Bibliography


  

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