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folle — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • crazy adj Mentally unstable or irrational; behaving in a wild or nonsensical way.
  • fairy noun A small, magical being of human shape, often shown with wings in folklore and fiction.
  • madwoman noun A woman who is insane or severely mentally disturbed.
  • nut noun A hard-shelled seed or dry fruit, often edible.
  • queen noun A female monarch who rules a country, or the wife of a king.

Senses

folle is used for these senses in English:

  • crazy (slang, countable) An insane or eccentric person; a crackpot.
  • fairy (Northern England, US, derogatory, colloquial) A male homosexual, especially one who is effeminate.
  • madwoman A woman who is insane or mentally disturbed.
  • nut (slang) A crazy person.
  • nut (colloquial) An extreme enthusiast.
  • queen (LGBT slang, sometimes, derogatory) A homosexual man, especially one regarded as effeminate.

crazy — full definition

  1. adj Mentally unstable or irrational; behaving in a wild or nonsensical way.
  2. adj Informal: extremely enthusiastic about or infatuated with someone or something.
  3. noun Informal: an eccentric or irrational person.

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