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Foolery

Foolery Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Foolery? [n] foolish or senseless behavior Synonyms \| Synonyms for Foolery: folly \| indulgence \| tomfoolery Related Terms \| Find terms related to Foolery: asininity \| back answer \| banter \| battiness \| brainlessness \| buffoonery \| caustic remark \| clownishness \| comeback \| crack \| crackpottedness \| crankiness \| craziness \| cut \| cutting remark \| daffiness \| desipience \| dig \| dump \| eccentricity \| fatuity \| fatuousness \| fleer \| flout \| folly \| foolheadedness \| fooling \| foolishness \| frivolity \| frivolousness \| gibe \| gibing retort \| giddiness \| goofiness \| harlequinade \| horseplay \| idiocy \| imbecility \| inanity \| ineptitude \| insanity \| jab \| jape \| jeer \| jest \| leg-pull \| lunacy \| madness \| mindlessness \| mock \| monkeyshines \| niaiserie \| nugacity \| nuttiness \| Parthian shot \| parting shot \| put-down \| put-on \| queerness \| quip \| rude reproach \| sappiness \| scoff \| screwiness \| scurrility \| senselessness \| shenanigans \| short answer \| silliness \| slam \| slap \| stupidity \| swipe \| taunt \| thoughtlessness \| tomfoolery \| triflingness \| triviality \| twit \| verbal thrust \| wackiness \| weirdness \| witlessness \| zaniness \| zanyism See Also \| buffoonery \| caper \| clowning \| frivolity \| frolic \| gambol \| harlequinade \| play \| prank \| romp Foolery In Webster's Dictionary \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.

Foolery Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Foolery?

[n] foolish or senseless behavior

Synonyms | Synonyms for Foolery: folly | indulgence | tomfoolery

Foolery In Webster's Dictionary

\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.

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