folly
Meaning
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- Foolishness that results from a lack of foresight or lack of practicality.
- Thoughtless action resulting in tragic consequence.
- A fanciful building built for purely ornamental reasons.
Synonyms
foolish action
inability to think things out
foolish behavior
foolish behaviour
betise
foolish pranks
foolish move
trivial matter
indiocy
stupidty
dulness of intel-lect
smallness of intellect
weak intellect
Frequency
Hyphenated as
fol‧ly
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈfɑli/
Etymology
Derived from Old French folie (“madness”), from the adjective fol (“mad, insane”).
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