foolery

  • 1Foolery — Fool er*y, n.; pl. {Fooleries}. 1. The practice of folly; the behavior of a fool; absurdity. [1913 Webster] Folly in fools bears not so strong a note, As foolery in the wise, when wit doth dote. Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. An act of folly or… …

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  • 2foolery — (n.) 1550s, from FOOL (Cf. fool) (n.) + ERY (Cf. ery) …

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  • 3foolery — [fo͞ol′ər ē] n. pl. fooleries foolish behavior or a foolish action …

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  • 4foolery — Ⅰ. fool [1] ► NOUN 1) a person who acts unwisely. 2) historical a jester or clown. ► VERB 1) trick or deceive. 2) (fool about/around) act in a joking or frivolous way. 3) …

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  • 5foolery — noun the foolery in this dormitory has gotten out of hand Syn: clowning, fooling, tomfoolery, buffoonery, silliness, foolishness, stupidity, idiocy; antics, capers; informal larks, shenanigans, didoes; archaic harlequinade …

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  • 6foolery — noun (plural eries) Date: 1552 1. a foolish act, utterance, or belief 2. foolish behavior …

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  • 7foolery — /fooh leuh ree/, n., pl. fooleries. 1. foolish action or conduct. 2. a foolish action, performance, or thing. [1545 55; FOOL1 + ERY] * * * …

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  • 8foolery — noun Foolish behaviour or speech …

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  • 9foolery — Synonyms and related words: Parthian shot, asininity, back answer, banter, battiness, brainlessness, buffoonery, caustic remark, clownishness, comeback, crack, crackpottedness, crankiness, craziness, cut, cutting remark, daffiness, desipience,… …

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  • 10foolery — I (Roget s IV) n. Syn. foolishness, folly, shenanigans*; see joke 1 , nonsense 1 , 2 . II (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun Foolish behavior: absurdity, folly, foolishness, idiocy, imbecility, insanity, lunacy, madness, nonsense, preposterousness,… …

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