foolish a NID ~ 1 a. Feeble-minded, simple or retarded.
   T 70/1-64¹ 'Twas a foolish feller on shore, what they call a foolish—silly feller, used to tell the people that he used to see a light. T 54/62-64 Everybody there knew him. The foolish feller, we used to call him. 1973 WIDDOWSON 510 [He] was supposed to be foolish or mentally retarded.

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