Definition of folly

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Folly (n.) The state of being foolish; want of good sense; levity, weakness, or derangement of mind..

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Foppery :: Foppery (n.) The behavior, dress, or other indication of a fop; coxcombry; affectation of show; showy folly..
Foolish :: Foolish (a.) Marked with, or exhibiting, folly; void of understanding; weak in intellect; without judgment or discretion; silly; unwise..
Foolery :: Foolery (n.) The practice of folly; the behavior of a fool; absurdity.
Folly :: Folly (n.) The result of a foolish action or enterprise.
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..
Inexcusable :: Inexcusable (a.) Not excusable; not admitting excuse or justification; as, inexcusable folly..
Supreme :: Supreme (a.) Highest; greatest; most excellent or most extreme; utmost; greatist possible (sometimes in a bad sense); as, supreme love; supreme glory; supreme magnanimity; supreme folly..
Sheer :: Sheer (v. i.) Being only what it seems to be; obvious; simple; mere; downright; as, sheer folly; sheer nonsense..
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..
Folly :: Folly (n.) A foolish act; an inconsiderate or thoughtless procedure; weak or light-minded conduct; foolery.
Ate :: Ate (n.) The goddess of mischievous folly; also, in later poets, the goddess of vengeance..
Fool :: Fool (n.) One who counterfeits folly; a professional jester or buffoon; a retainer formerly kept to make sport, dressed fantastically in motley, with ridiculous accouterments..
Infatuate :: Infatuate (v. t.) To make foolish; to affect with folly; to weaken the intellectual powers of, or to deprive of sound judgment..
Headlong :: Headlong (a.) Rash; precipitate; as, headlong folly..
Foolery :: Foolery (n.) An act of folly or weakness; a foolish practice; something absurd or nonsensical.
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..
Unfool :: Unfool (v. t.) To restore from folly, or from being a fool..
Fond :: Fond (superl.) Trifling; valued by folly; trivial.
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!.
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