About The Word Folly
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Folly
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What's The Definition Of Folly?
[n] foolish or senseless behavior
[n] a stupid mistake [n] the trait of acting stupidly or rashly [n] the quality of being rash and foolish Synonyms | Synonyms for Folly: betise | craziness | foolery | foolishness | foolishness | foolishness | imbecility | indulgence | stupidity | tomfoolery | unwiseness Related Terms | Find terms related to Folly: absurdity | absurdness | act of folly | asininity | battiness | blunder | brainlessness | buffoonery | clownishness | crackpottedness | crankiness | craziness | daffiness | daftness | desipience | dottiness | dumb trick | dumbness | eccentricity | error | fatuity | fatuousness | faux pas | fluff | foolery | foolheadedness | foolishness | frivolity | frivolousness | gaffe | giddiness | goof | goofiness | idiocy | imbecility | imprudence | inanity | indiscretion | ineptitude | insanity | irrationality | kookiness | lunacy | madness | mindlessness | mistake | niaiserie | nonsense | nugacity | nuttiness | obtuseness | preposterousness | queerness | rashness | sappiness | screwiness | senselessness | silliness | sottise | stolidity | stolidness | stupid thing | stupidity | thoughtlessness | triflingness | triviality | unwise step | wackiness | weak-mindedness | weirdness | witlessness | zaniness | zanyism See Also | absurdity | buffoonery | caper | clowning | error | fatuity | fatuousness | fault | frivolity | frolic | gambol | harlequinade | indiscretion | injudiciousness | mistake | play | prank | romp | silliness | stupidity | trait Folly In Webster's Dictionary \Fol"ly\, n.; pl. {Follies}. [OE. folie, foli, F. folie,
fr. fol, fou, foolish, mad. See {Fool}.]
1. The state of being foolish; want of good sense; levity,
weakness, or derangement of mind.
2. A foolish act; an inconsiderate or thoughtless procedure;
weak or light-minded conduct; foolery.
What folly 'tis to hazard life for ill. --Shak.
3. Scandalous crime; sin; specifically, as applied to a
woman, wantonness.
[Achan] wrought folly in Israel. --Josh. vii.
15.
When lovely woman stoops to folly. --Goldsmith.
4. The result of a foolish action or enterprise.
It is called this man's or that man's ``folly,'' and
name of the foolish builder is thus kept alive for
long after years. --Trench.
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