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Definitions for foolery
ˈfu lə rifool·e·ry
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Princeton's WordNet
folly, foolery, tomfoolery, craziness, lunacy, indulgencenoun
foolish or senseless behavior
Wiktionary
foolerynoun
Foolish behaviour or speech.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Foolerynoun
Etymology: from fool.
Foolery, sir, does walk about the orb like the sun; it shines every where: I would be sorry, sir, but the fool should be as oft with your master as with my mistress. William Shakespeare, Twelfth Night.
It is mere foolery to multiply distinct particulars in treating of things, where the difference lies only in words. Isaac Watts.
That Pythagoras, Plato, or Orpheus believed in any of these fooleries, it cannot be suspected. Walter Raleigh, History.
We are transported with fooleries, which, if we understood, we should despise. Roger L'Estrange, Fables.
Webster Dictionary
Foolerynoun
the practice of folly; the behavior of a fool; absurdity
Foolerynoun
an act of folly or weakness; a foolish practice; something absurd or nonsensical
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of foolery in Chaldean Numerology is: 6
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of foolery in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6
Examples of foolery in a Sentence
Foolery, Sir, does walk about the orb like the sun; it shines everywhere.
The little foolery that wise men have makes a great show.
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- щуротия, глупостBulgarian
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