Definition of folly

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Folly (n.) A foolish act; an inconsiderate or thoughtless procedure; weak or light-minded conduct; foolery.

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Extreme :: Extreme (a.) The best of worst; most urgent; greatest; highest; immoderate; excessive; most violent; as, an extreme case; extreme folly..
Satire :: Satire (a.) A composition, generally poetical, holding up vice or folly to reprobation; a keen or severe exposure of what in public or private morals deserves rebuke; an invective poem; as, the Satires of Juvenal..
Simplicity :: Simplicity (n.) Weakness of intellect; silliness; folly.
Foppery :: Foppery (n.) Folly; foolery.
Fond :: Fond (superl.) Trifling; valued by folly; trivial.
Abolish :: Abolish (v. t.) To do away with wholly; to annul; to make void; -- said of laws, customs, institutions, governments, etc.; as, to abolish slavery, to abolish folly..
Unwisdom :: Unwisdom (n.) Want of wisdom; unwise conduct or action; folly; simplicity; ignorance.
Silly :: Silly (n.) Proceeding from want of understanding or common judgment; characterized by weakness or folly; unwise; absurd; stupid; as, silly conduct; a silly question..
Morology :: Morology (n.) Foolish talk; nonsense; folly.
Foppery :: Foppery (n.) The behavior, dress, or other indication of a fop; coxcombry; affectation of show; showy folly..
Insipience :: Insipience (n.) Want of intelligence; stupidity; folly.
Folly :: Folly (n.) A foolish act; an inconsiderate or thoughtless procedure; weak or light-minded conduct; foolery.
Insane :: Insane (a.) Characterized by insanity or the utmost folly; chimerical; unpractical; as, an insane plan, attempt, etc..
Height :: Height (n.) Utmost degree in extent; extreme limit of energy or condition; as, the height of a fever, of passion, of madness, of folly; the height of a tempest..
Sheer :: Sheer (v. i.) Being only what it seems to be; obvious; simple; mere; downright; as, sheer folly; sheer nonsense..
Infatuate :: Infatuate (v. t.) To make foolish; to affect with folly; to weaken the intellectual powers of, or to deprive of sound judgment..
Disensanity :: Disensanity (n.) Insanity; folly.
What :: What (pron., a., & adv.) Used adjectively, meaning how remarkable, or how great; as, what folly! what eloquence! what courage!.
Headlong :: Headlong (a.) Rash; precipitate; as, headlong folly..
Infatuation :: Infatuation (n.) The act of infatuating; the state of being infatuated; folly; that which infatuates.
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