Cuckoo
Cuckoo adjective - Having or showing a very abnormal or sick state of mind.
Usage example: a cuckoo woman who wandered around town carefully gathering up useless trash
Foolish and cuckoo are semantically related In some cases you can use "Foolish" instead an adjective "Cuckoo".
Nearby Word: cuckooing
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- The Seventh Doctor era attempted - at first - to make the Doctor a lot Lighter and Softer, making him a foolish Cloud Cuckoo Lander who didn't seem to have a clue what was going on and would break into vaudeville spoon-playing and clowning.
Source: Character Rerailment -
Played with in the sense that the Red Oni, traditionally presented as foolish, is represented by the genius Kurisu while the traditionally cunning Blue Oni is represented by Cloud Cuckoo Lander Mayuri.
Source: Visual Novel / Steins;Gate
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