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Definition: Fool's Cap |
Fool's CapNoun1. 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 CapSynonyms: dunce cap (n), dunce's cap (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms 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. | |
Crosswords: Fool's Cap |
| Etymologies containing "fool's cap": foolscap. (references) |
| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | ![]() | 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. | |||
Expression using "fool's cap": fool's cap and bells. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| 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 шутовской колпак (cap and bells, foolscap). (various references) tabak za pisanje, kapa dvorske budale (coxcomb, foolscap). (various references) närmössa. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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. | |
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