foolery
[foo-luh-ree]
- foolish action or conduct.
- a foolish action, performance, or thing.
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Origin of foolery
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Related Words
game, sport, match, caricature, mockery, sarcasm, jeer, disdain, satire, derision, taunt, scorn, laughter, contempt, parody, taunting, madness, silliness, absurdity, nonsenseExamples from the Web for foolery
Contemporary Examples
What other types of foolery is the home-goods outlet engaging in?
Historical Examples
A male—even such a male as Tibby—was enough to stop the foolery.
Howards EndE. M. Forster
You don't make your case any better by this sort of foolery.
RomanceJoseph Conrad and F.M. Hueffer
To wit, that a woman must needs be wed, and that otherwise she is but half a woman, and the like foolery.
Clare AveryEmily Sarah Holt
If he met the bairns coming from school, the Glen rang with the foolery.
Kate Carnegie and Those MinistersIan Maclaren
So foolery was exchanged for foolery, and the thing throve well.
Traditions of the North American Indians, Vol. 3 (of 3)James Athearn Jones
foolery
- foolish behaviour
- an instance of this, esp a prank or trick
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