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the only headgear that doubled as a license to roast your king and survive.
means A multi-pointed cap, traditionally with bells on the tips and often in motley colors, worn by a court fool or jester.
from "Jester" comes from the Old French "gestour" or "jestour," meaning a teller of "gestes" — tales of heroic deeds — from Latin "gesta," "things done" (the root behind "gesture" too). Over time the storyteller slid into the clown, the word picking up its mocking edge. The hat itself is often called a "cap and bells" or, when fully ridiculous, "motley"; its drooping points are sometimes said to mimic a donkey's ears and a cockerel's comb — folly dressed as livestock — though how deliberate that symbolism was is more legend than record. "Hat" is plain old Germanic, related to "hood," both from a root meaning "to cover."
- name
- Called a cap and bells or fool's cap
- the points
- Three peaks mocked a donkey's ears and tail
- the bells
- Jingling announced the fool, disarming the room first
- truth power
- Fools spoke blunt truths nobles couldn't risk saying
- graduate insult
- Inspired the dunce cap for slow students
fool's cap — medieval european court jester headwear with three peaks and bells, worn by performers like will somers for henry viii
cockscomb hat — jester hat with rooster-comb shape, iconic in 16th-17th century italian commedia dell'arte performances