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/fooh"leuh ree/, n., pl. fooleries.1. foolish action or conduct.2. a foolish action, performance, or thing.[1545-55; FOOL1 + -ERY]
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Foolery — Fool er*y, n.; pl. {Fooleries}. 1. The practice of folly; the behavior of a fool; absurdity. [1913 Webster] Folly in fools bears not so strong a note, As foolery in the wise, when wit doth dote. Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. An act of folly or… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
foolery — (n.) 1550s, from FOOL (Cf. fool) (n.) + ERY (Cf. ery) … Etymology dictionary
foolery — [fo͞ol′ər ē] n. pl. fooleries foolish behavior or a foolish action … English World dictionary
foolery — Ⅰ. fool [1] ► NOUN 1) a person who acts unwisely. 2) historical a jester or clown. ► VERB 1) trick or deceive. 2) (fool about/around) act in a joking or frivolous way. 3) … English terms dictionary
foolery — noun the foolery in this dormitory has gotten out of hand Syn: clowning, fooling, tomfoolery, buffoonery, silliness, foolishness, stupidity, idiocy; antics, capers; informal larks, shenanigans, didoes; archaic harlequinade … Thesaurus of popular words
foolery — noun (plural eries) Date: 1552 1. a foolish act, utterance, or belief 2. foolish behavior … New Collegiate Dictionary
foolery — noun Foolish behaviour or speech … Wiktionary
foolery — Synonyms and related words: Parthian shot, asininity, back answer, banter, battiness, brainlessness, buffoonery, caustic remark, clownishness, comeback, crack, crackpottedness, crankiness, craziness, cut, cutting remark, daffiness, desipience,… … Moby Thesaurus
foolery — I (Roget s IV) n. Syn. foolishness, folly, shenanigans*; see joke 1 , nonsense 1 , 2 . II (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun Foolish behavior: absurdity, folly, foolishness, idiocy, imbecility, insanity, lunacy, madness, nonsense, preposterousness,… … English dictionary for students
foolery — fool|e|ry [ˈfu:ləri] n [U] BrE old fashioned silly or stupid behaviour … Dictionary of contemporary English
