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noun
- 1. lack of good sense; foolishness: "an act of sheer folly"
- 2. a costly ornamental building with no practical purpose, especially a tower or mock-Gothic ruin built in a large garden or park.
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FOLLY definition: 1. the fact of being stupid, or a stupid action, idea, etc.: 2. a building in the form of a small…. Learn more.
The meaning of FOLLY is lack of good sense or normal prudence and foresight. How to use folly in a sentence.
the state or quality of being foolish; lack of understanding or sense. a foolish action, practice, idea, etc.; absurdity: the folly of performing without a rehearsal. Synonyms: injudiciousness, foolishness, rashness, imprudence, lunacy, madness, indiscretion, mistake. a costly and foolish undertaking; unwise investment or expenditure.
FOLLY meaning: 1. the fact of being stupid, or a stupid action, idea, etc.: 2. a building in the form of a small…. Learn more.
If you say that a particular action or way of behaving is folly or a folly, you mean that it is foolish. It's sheer folly to build nuclear power stations in a country that has dozens of earthquakes every year.
It can describe the silly or nonsensical things you do, like the folly of trying to rush across town in the middle of a snowstorm. Or it can describe the trait that makes people act that way: the folly of an inexperienced driver who doesn't know you can't speed on snow-covered roads. Can you see the word fool in folly? Not a coincidence.
noun. /ˈfɒli/. /ˈfɑːli/. (plural follies) [uncountable, countable] a lack of good judgement; the fact of doing something stupid; an activity or idea that shows a lack of judgement synonym stupidity. an act of sheer folly.
1. the state or quality of being foolish; lack of understanding or sense. 2. a foolish action, practice, idea, etc.; absurdity.
Definition of folly noun in Oxford Advanced American Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
folly meaning, definition, what is folly: a very stupid thing to do, especially on...: Learn more.
