folly

fol·ly  (fl)

n. pl. fol·lies

1. A lack of good sense, understanding, or foresight.

2.

a. An act or instance of foolishness: regretted the follies of his youth.

b. A costly undertaking having an absurd or ruinous outcome.

3. follies (used with a sing. or pl. verb) An elaborate theatrical revue consisting of music, dance, and skits.

4. Obsolete

a. Perilously or criminally foolish action.

b. Evil; wickedness.

c. Lewdness; lasciviousness.

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[Middle English folie, from Old French, from fol, foolish, from Late Latin follis, windbag, fool; see fool.]

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folly

Noun

pl -lies

1. the quality of being foolish

2. a foolish action, idea, etc.

3. an imitation castle, temple, etc., built as a decoration in a large garden or park [Old French folie madness]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	folly - the trait of acting stupidly or rashly foolishness, unwiseness trait - a distinguishing feature of your personal nature indiscretion, injudiciousness - the trait of being injudicious fatuity, fatuousness, silliness, absurdity - a ludicrous folly; "the crowd laughed at the absurdity of the clown's behavior" asininity - the quality of being asinine; stupidity combined with stubbornness wisdom, wiseness - the trait of utilizing knowledge and experience with common sense and insight
	2.	folly - a stupid mistake betise, imbecility, stupidity, foolishness error, fault, mistake - a wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattention; "he made a bad mistake"; "she was quick to point out my errors"; "I could understand his English in spite of his grammatical faults"
	3.	folly - the quality of being rash and foolish; "trying to drive through a blizzard is the height of folly"; "adjusting to an insane society is total foolishness" craziness, foolishness, madness stupidity - a poor ability to understand or to profit from experience
	4.	folly - foolish or senseless behavior foolery, tomfoolery, lunacy, craziness, 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

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folly

noun foolishness, bêtise (rare) nonsense, madness, stupidity, absurdity, indiscretion, lunacy, recklessness, silliness, idiocy, irrationality, imprudence, rashness, imbecility, fatuity, preposterousness, daftness (informal) desipience << OPPOSITE wisdom

Translations

folly [ˈfɔlɪ] n → locura

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folly [ˈfɔlɪ] n → inconscience f; sottise f (= building); folie f

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folly [ˈfɔlɪ] n → Torheit f;

(building) → exzentrisches Bauwerk nt

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folly [ˈfɔlɪ] n → pazzia, follia