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foolery (mass) | foolery
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foolery (encz) | foolery,hloupost n: Zdeněk Brož |
Foolery (gcide) | Foolery \Fool"er*y\, n.; pl. Fooleries.
1. The practice of folly; the behavior of a fool; foolish
behavior; absurdity.
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Folly in fools bears not so strong a note,
As foolery in the wise, when wit doth dote. --Shak.
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2. An act of folly or weakness; a foolish practice; something
absurd or nonsensical.
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That Pythagoras, Plato, or Orpheus, believed in any
of these fooleries, it can not be suspected. --Sir
W. Raleigh.
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foolery (wn) | foolery
n 1: foolish or senseless behavior [syn: folly, foolery,
tomfoolery, craziness, lunacy, indulgence] |
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tomfoolery (encz) | tomfoolery,skopičiny n: Zdeněk Brož |
Foolery (gcide) | Foolery \Fool"er*y\, n.; pl. Fooleries.
1. The practice of folly; the behavior of a fool; foolish
behavior; absurdity.
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Folly in fools bears not so strong a note,
As foolery in the wise, when wit doth dote. --Shak.
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2. An act of folly or weakness; a foolish practice; something
absurd or nonsensical.
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That Pythagoras, Plato, or Orpheus, believed in any
of these fooleries, it can not be suspected. --Sir
W. Raleigh.
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Tomfoolery (gcide) | Tomfoolery \Tom`fool"er*y\, n.
Trifling or silly behavior done mostly for amusement;
foolishness; fooling around.
Syn: tomfoolishness.
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tomfoolery (wn) | tomfoolery
n 1: foolish or senseless behavior [syn: folly, foolery,
tomfoolery, craziness, lunacy, indulgence] |
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