silly

Significat (Anglès)

Adj

1. Laughable or amusing through foolishness or a foolish appearance.
2. Laughable or amusing through foolishness or a foolish appearance.
3. (Scotland, obsolete) Blessed
4. (Scotland, obsolete) Blessed
5. (Northern-England, Scotland, rare) Pitiful, inspiring compassion, particularly
6. (Northern-England, Scotland, literary, rare) Pitiful, inspiring compassion
7. (Northern-England, Scotland, literary, rare) Pitiful, inspiring compassion
8. (Northern-England, Scotland, rare) Pitiful, inspiring compassion
9. (Northern-England, Scotland, rare) Pitiful, inspiring compassion
10. (Northern-England, Scotland, rare) Pitiful, inspiring compassion
11. (rare) Simple, plain
12. (obsolete, rare) Simple, plain
13. (obsolete) Mentally simple, foolish
14. Mentally simple, foolish
15. (Scotland) Mentally simple, foolish
16. Mentally simple, foolish
17. Very close to the batsman, facing the bowler; closer than short.

Adv

Sillily: in a silly manner.

Noun

1. (colloquial) A silly person.
2. (endearing) A term of address.
3. (colloquial) A mistake.

Conceptes

ximple

absurd

beneit

estúpid

ximplet

toix

neci

estult

nici

atordit

atuït

estamordit

eixalabrat

esbojarrat

boig boja

fava

foll

ruc

🫏

tonto

babau

informal

gufi

Sinònims

foolish

stupid

idiotic

dull

fool

absurd

dumb

crazy

senseless

nonsensical

goofy

clumsy

imbecile

idiot

daft

inane

light-headed

mad

simple

giddy

ridiculous

meaningless

ignorant

nonsense

unwise

childish

awkward

empty-headed

sappy

zany

airheaded

insane

inept

lightheaded

wacky

dizzy

💫

dim-witted

half-witted

sheepish

frivolous

simple-minded

featherbrained

obtuse

brainless

addled

simpleton

mindless

negligible

lunatic

ludicrous

Traduccions

albern

sciocco

tonto

stupido

idiot

stupide

dumm

dom

sot

ridicule

necio

bête

stultus

zot

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

/ˈsɪli/

Etimologia (Anglès)

Heretat de anglès mitjà: seely

Heretat de anglès antic: sǣliġ

In summary

From Middle English seely, sēlī, from Old English sǣliġ, ġesǣliġ (“lucky, fortunate”), from Proto-West Germanic *sālīg, from *sāli; equivalent to seel (“happiness, bliss”) + -y. Doublet of Seelie.
The semantic evolution is “lucky” to “innocent” to “naive” to “foolish”. Compare the similar evolution of daft (originally meaning “accommodating”), and almost the reverse with nice (originally meaning “ignorant”).

Frases

Silly , of course , but there it is .

He felt silly wearing a tie to the informal gathering .