1) Betise 2) Buffoonery 3) Clowning 4) Fatuity 5) Fatuousness 6) Foolery 7) Foolishness 8) Harlequinade 9) Idiocy 10) Inanity 11) Indiscretion 12) Lunacy 13) Madness 14) Meshugaas 15) Mishegaas 16) Mishegoss 17) Prank 18) Silliness 19) Stupidity 20) Tomfoolery 21) Unwisdom 22) Unwiseness
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1) Colossal mistake 2) Daftness 3) Folly building 4) Foolish act 5) Foolish move 6) Foolish or senseless behavior 7) Foolishness 8) French word used in English 9) Garden feature 10) Huge mistake 11) Imbecility 12) Imprudence 13) Imprudent activity 14) Imprudent undertaking 15) Indiscretion 16) Jackassery
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- the trait of acting stupidly or rashly
- a stupid mistake
- the quality of being rash and foolish
- foolish or senseless behavior
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[Staunton, Virginia] Folly is a historic plantation home located near Staunton, Augusta County, Virginia. The house was built about 1818, and is a one-story, brick structure with a long, low service wing and deck-on-hip roof in the Jeffersonian style. It has an original rear ell fronted by a Tuscan order colonnade. The front facade features...
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• (n.) The result of a foolish action or enterprise. • (n.) The state of being foolish; want of good sense; levity, weakness, or derangement of mind. • (n.) Scandalous crime; sin; specifically, as applied to a woman, wantonness. • (n.) A foolish act; an inconsiderate or thoughtless procedure; weak or light-minded conduct; fooler...
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(from French folie, `foolishness`), also called Eyecatcher, in architecture, a costly, generally nonfunctional building that was erected to enhance ...
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Building with little or no practical purpose built as a curiosity or to catch the eye, popular in the 18th and 19th centuries. A sign of superfluous wealth, many examples take the form of ruined...
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A decorative building or structure often built as part of a landscaped park or estate of a country house. These may have been specially designed by an architect to fulfil an entertainment function, such as a place for picnics or as a hunting lodge, or commemorative or of no function - but entertainment itself as a flight of fancy. Follies could the...
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usually costly, often fantastic, and mostly useless structures, which can be as diverse as sham castles, grottos, bridges, pagodas, temples etc many of which were built to appear as ruins. It is easy to be dismissive of them, but in fact they are interesting for a number of reasons. Mostly...
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Origin: 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. ... 2. A foolish act; an inconsiderate or thoughtless procedure; weak or light-minded conduct; foolery. ' What folly 'tis to hazard life for ill.' (Shak) ... 3. Scandalous crime; s...
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Fol'ly noun ;
plural Follies . [ Middle English
folie ,
foli , French
folie , from
fol ,
fou , foolish, mad. See
Fool .]
1. The state of being foolish; want of good sense; levity, weakness, or derangement of mind.
2. A foolis...
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In architecture, the term folly refers to a structure built for the amusement of the owner.
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n] - the quality of being rash and foolish 2. [n] - the trait of acting stupidly or rashly 3. [n] - foolish or senseless behavior
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foolishness noun the trait of acting stupidly or rashly
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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. · a costly and foolish undertaking; unwise investment or expenditure. · a whimsical or extravagant structure built to serve as a conversation piece, lend interest t...
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foolish or senseless behavior
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