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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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1. : lack of good sense or normal prudence and foresight. his folly in thinking he could not be caught. 2. a. : criminally or tragically foolish actions or conduct. b. obsolete : evil, wickedness. especially : lewd behavior. 3. : a foolish act or idea. The prank was a youthful folly. 4. : an excessively costly or unprofitable undertaking.
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 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.
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.
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.
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.
