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Motley fool   /mˈɑtli ful/   Listen
Motley fool

noun
1.
A professional clown employed to entertain a king or nobleman in the Middle Ages.  Synonyms: fool, jester.






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"Motley fool" Quotes from Famous Books



... acquaintances, I think they would have marvellously resembled this epistle to Patmore; and if, in saying this, I compliment the Fool, I hope I do not derogate from the genius of Elia. Jaques, it will be remembered, after hearing the "motley fool" moral on the time, declared that "motley's the only wear"; and I opine that Lamb would consider it no small praise to be likened, in wit, wisdom, and eloquence, to Touchstone, or to the Clown ...
— The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 85, November, 1864 • Various



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