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fool·er·y

(fo͞o′lə-rē)

n. pl. fool·er·ies

1. Foolish behavior or speech.

2. An instance of foolish behavior or speech; a jest.

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foolery

(ˈfuːlərɪ)

n, pl -eries

1. foolish behaviour

2. an instance of this, esp a prank or trick

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fool•er•y

(ˈfu lə ri)

n., pl. -er•ies.

1. foolish action or conduct.

2. a foolish action, performance, or thing.

[1545–55]

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Noun

foolery - foolish or senseless behavior

tomfoolery, lunacy, craziness, folly, indulgence

frolic, gambol, romp, caper, play - gay or light-hearted recreational activity for diversion or amusement; "it was all done in play"; "their frolic in the surf threatened to become ugly"

meshugaas, mishegaas, mishegoss - (Yiddish) craziness; senseless behavior or activity

buffoonery, clowning, harlequinade, japery, prank, frivolity - acting like a clown or buffoon

foolery

noun

Foolish behavior:

absurdity, folly, foolishness, idiocy, imbecility, insanity, lunacy, madness, nonsense, preposterousness, senselessness, silliness, tomfoolery, zaniness.

Informal: craziness.

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follia

foolery

[ˈfuːlərɪ] N → bufonadas fpl; (= nonsense) → tonterías fpl

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foolery

n → Albernheit f

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foolery

[ˈfuːlərɪ] n → stupidaggini fpl

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It's hardly worth while to pry into young men's fooleries: it wouldn't have made any difference to you, sir, if I'd not had the bad luck to lose Wildfire.

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Nevertheless, I say he who wrote it, for deliberately composing such fooleries, deserves to be sent to the galleys for life.

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The natives died of starvation by the million, while their rulers robbed them of the fruits of their toil and expended it on magnificent pageants and mumbo-jumbo fooleries. Perforce, in this enlightened age, we have much to blush for in the acts of our ancestors.