FOOLERY

folly, foolery, tomfoolery, craziness, lunacy, indulgence

(noun) foolish or senseless behavior

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

foolery (countable and uncountable, plural fooleries)

Foolish behaviour or speech.

Synonyms

• foolishness

Source: Wiktionary


Fool"er*y, n.; pl. Fooleries (.

1. The practice of folly; the behavior of a fool; absurdity. Folly in fools bears not so strong a note, As foolery in the wise, when wit doth dote. Shak.

2. An act of folly or weakness; a foolish practice; something absurd or nonsensical. That Pythagoras, Plato, or Orpheus, believed in any of these fooleries, it can not be suspected. Sir W. Raleigh.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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