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act of folly

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  • act of folly — foolish action …   English contemporary dictionary

  • folly — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ pure, sheer ▪ ultimate ▪ youthful ▪ human ▪ economic, political …   Collocations dictionary

  • folly — UK [ˈfɒlɪ] / US [ˈfɑlɪ] noun Word forms folly : singular folly plural follies 1) [countable/uncountable] formal a way of thinking or behaving that is stupid and careless, and likely to have bad results The judge described the incident as an act… …   English dictionary

  • act — I n. action 1) to commit, perform an act 2) a barbaric, barbarous; courageous; criminal; foolish, rash; heroic, noble; humane; illegal; impulsive; justified; kind; overt; statesmanlike; thoughtful act (she performed an heroic act) 3) an act of… …   Combinatory dictionary

  • folly — fol|ly [ fali ] noun 1. ) count or uncount a way of thinking or behaving that is stupid and careless, and likely to have bad results: The judge described the incident as an act of folly. it is folly to do something: It is absolute folly to go… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • folly — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Lack of good sense Nouns 1. folly, silliness, foolishness, inanity, idiocy; frivolity, ineptitude; giddiness; inattention; irrationality, eccentricity (see insanity); extravagance, nonsense, absurdity;… …   English dictionary for students

  • folly — n. 1. Foolishness, imbecility, fatuity, stupidity, shallowness, dulness, doltishness. 2. Absurdity, foolishness, extravagance, unwisdom, imprudence, nonsense, fatuity, indiscretion. 3. Act of folly, foolish act, indiscretion, blunder, faux pas. 4 …   New dictionary of synonyms

  • folly — Synonyms and related words: absurdity, absurdness, act of folly, asininity, battiness, blunder, brainlessness, buffoonery, clownishness, crackpottedness, crankiness, craziness, daffiness, daftness, desipience, dottiness, dumb trick, dumbness,… …   Moby Thesaurus

  • Folly — Fol ly, n.; pl. {Follies}. [OE. folie, foli, F. folie, fr. fol, fou, foolish, mad. See {Fool}.] 1. The state of being foolish; want of good sense; levity, weakness, or derangement of mind. [1913 Webster] 2. A foolish act; an inconsiderate or… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • folly — ► NOUN (pl. follies) 1) foolishness. 2) a foolish act or idea. 3) an ornamental building with no practical purpose, especially a tower or mock Gothic ruin. ORIGIN Old French folie madness …   English terms dictionary

  • Folly Theatre — This article is about the former theatre in London, named, for a time, the Charing Cross Theatre. For the nearby music hall of the same name see Charing Cross Music Hall. For theatre of the same name in Kansas City see Folly Theater Coordinates:… …   Wikipedia

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