misfool

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English

Etymology

From mis- +‎ fool.

Verb

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

  1. (dialect) To fool or deceive; to cause to be mistaken.
    • 1982, Robert Herring, Hub, page 197:
      Well, I'm blamed! Come that close agin and me watchin' too. Misfooled me. I'll give him that much.
    • 1995, Sonya Birmingham, Frost Flower, page 101:
      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?"
    • 1997, Rose Cecil O'Neill, Miriam Forman-Brunell, The Story of Rose O'Neill: An Autobiography, page 69:
      Uncle Jake was misfooled by what Jeff told him.