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Definition of Befooling
1. Noun. Derision of someone or something as foolish or absurd or inconsistent.
Definition of Befooling
1. Verb. (present participle of befool) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Befooling
1. befool [v] - See also: befool
Lexicographical Neighbors of Befooling
Literary usage of Befooling
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1888)
"... befooling him through all life " " befooling him ! Hartland —Hartland."
She was choking with passion. " How cruel, how wicked you are ! ..."
2. The Theology of the Greek Poets by William Seymour Tyler (1869)
"The radical signification of the word would seem to be a befooling,1 a depriving
one of his senses and his reason, as by unseasonable sleep (Od. x. 68; xii. ..."
3. The American Presbyterian Review by Henry Boynton Smith, James Manning Sherwood (1862)
"The radical signification of the word would seem to be a befooling*, a depriving
one of his senses and his reason, as by unseasonable sleep (Od. 10, ..."
4. The Odyssey of Homer by Homer, William Morris (1887)
"... since of him he had a care: " Now hearken ye, Eumaeus, and all our fellows
here, And a boasting word will I say; for befooling wine is strong Within me: ..."
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