Fool
Fool noun - A person with a strong and habitual liking for something.
Usage example: I'm a fool for ice cream—virtually any flavor
Hound
Hound noun - A person with a strong and habitual liking for something.
Usage example: a camera hound even before the baby arrived, he's now become obsessive
How words are described
| old | old fool | old hound |
| stubborn | stubborn fool | stubborn hound |
| total | total fool | total hound |
| original | original fool | original hound |
| Other adjectives: cowardly, selfish, faithful, real, arrogant, reckless, incompetent, evil, little, vain, young, next. | ||
Common collocations
| crew | fool crew | hound crew |
| characters | fool characters | hound characters |
| police | fool police | hound police |
| opponent | fool opponent | hound opponent |
| Other words: player, anybody, friends, heroes, protagonists. | ||
Both words in one sentence
- In A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, the character named Miles Gloriosus is actually not a Miles Gloriosus but a Glory Hound — and a pigheaded fool.
Source: Glory Hound -
It was probably this characterization that led to the modern usage of "ass" to mean "fool." On still other occasions the donkey is used to depict low status or servility, especially when contrasted with more favored beasts such as the horse or the hound.
Source: Stubborn Mule -
Happiness in Slavery: The curious case of Cullen the Fool, who likes to think of himself as a hound, to the point of sleeping on the floor, wearing a dog's tail and wagging it, and Undying Loyalty to his master.
Source: Literature / The Dolphin Ring
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