Defn: Full of food; supplying food; fruitful; fertile. "The foodful
earth." Dryden.
Bent by its foodful burden [the corn]. Glover.
FOODLESS
Food"less, a.
Defn: Without food; barren. Sandys.
FOODY
Food"y, a.
Defn: Eatable; fruitful. [R.] Chapman.
FOOL
Fool, n. Etym: [Cf. F. fouler to tread, crush. Cf. 1st Foil.]
Defn: A compound of gooseberries scalded and crushed, with cream; — commonly called gooseberry fool.
FOOL Fool, n. Etym: [OE. fol, n. & adj., F. fol, fou, foolish, mad; a fool, prob. fr. L. follis a bellows, wind bag, an inflated ball; perh. akin to E. bellows. Cf. Folly, Follicle.]
1. One destitute of reason, or of the common powers of understanding; an idiot; a natural.
2. A person deficient in intellect; one who acts absurdly, or pursues a course contrary to the dictates of wisdom; one without judgment; a simpleton; a dolt. Extol not riches, then, the toil of fools. Milton. Experience keeps a dear school, but fools will learn in no other. Franklin.