misfool

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verb

To fool or deceive; to cause to be mistaken.

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Meanings

verbmisfool (third-person singular simple present misfools, present participle misfooling, simple past and past participle misfooled)

present singular third person misfools · participle present misfooling · participle past misfooled · past misfooled

  1. dialectalTo fool or deceive; to cause to be mistaken.

    Uncle Jake was misfooled by what Jeff told him.

    1997, Rose Cecil O'Neill, Miriam Forman-Brunell, The Story of Rose O'Neill: An Autobiography, page 69
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    Well, I'm blamed! Come that close agin and me watchin' too. Misfooled me. I'll give him that much.

    1982, Robert Herring, Hub, page 197

    Don't let this flatlander misfool you, preacher,” he warned, holding out a fleshy hand. “How do you know he's what he claims to be?"

    1995, Sonya Birmingham, Frost Flower, page 101

Origin

From mis- + fool.

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APA

misfool. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/misfool

MLA

“misfool.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/misfool. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “misfool,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/misfool.

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