follis
noun
a bag of copper or bronze coins with a fixed weight, used as money of account in the later Roman Empire.
folles
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pluralof follis.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Les années folles contained as much tragedy as fun.
From The Guardian ● Feb. 6, 2013
Creative director Deborah Lloyd matched the walls at the brand's show in a black dress adorned with French script reading "Toutes les filles sont folles," or "All the girls are crazy."
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 10, 2012
Last year I was here at the festival with Alain Resnais, in another small comic role in ‘Les herbes folles.’
From New York Times ● May 19, 2010
They were called femmes amoureuses, filles folles de leur corps, and, on St. Magdalen's day, they were accustomed to form annually a solemn procession.
From Paris as It Was and as It Is by Francis W. Blagdon
Fie for Shame; I can't forbear making Use of that Expression of the Satyrist, Tunc immensa cavi spirant mendacia folles.
From Colloquies of Erasmus, Volume I. by Desiderius Erasmus
