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FOOLISH WOMAN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does foolish woman mean? 

FOOLISH WOMAN (noun)
  The noun FOOLISH WOMAN has 1 sense:

1. a female foolplay

  Familiarity information: FOOLISH WOMAN used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


FOOLISH WOMAN (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A female fool

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

flibbertigibbet; foolish woman

Hypernyms ("foolish woman" is a kind of...):

fool; muggins; sap; saphead; tomfool (a person who lacks good judgment)


 Context examples 


I dare say I am merely a foolish woman with a young girl's fancies.

(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)



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