Definition of Follied

1. folly [v] - See also: folly

Lexicographical Neighbors of Follied

folliculitis barbae
folliculitis decalvans
folliculitis keloidalis
folliculitis nares perforans
folliculitis ulerythematosa reticulata
folliculitises
folliculogenesis
folliculoma
folliculosis
folliculous
folliculus lymphaticus
folliculus ovaricus primarius
folliculus ovaricus vesiculosus
folliculus pili
follied (current term)
follies
folliful
follis
follistatin
follow
follow'd
follow-on
follow-ons
follow-the-leader
follow-through
follow-throughs
follow-up
follow-up studies

Literary usage of Follied

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Irish Literature by Justin McCarthy, Maurice Francis Egan, Douglas Hyde, Charles Welsh, Gregory, James Jeffrey Roche (1904)
"Nine times it kem, and nine times Christy follied it wid the holy wather, but th' sorra bit cud he ketch it.' " ' Bedad! it's quare all out,' sez I. ..."

2. Macmillan's Magazine by David Masson, George Grove, John Morley, Mowbray Morris (1881)
"The tales are bright and readable, free from tho affectations and the follied of the romances of high life of the other weeklies. ..."

3. Children of the Tenements by Jacob August Riis (1904)
"So he follied her. That night she didn't have any, an' when he stuck his nose in her basket an' didn't find any, he knocked her down, an' she bruk her ..."

4. The Fairy Mythology: Illustrative of the Romance and Superstition of Various by Thomas Keightley (1905)
"... they druv the cow afore thim, the dog follied ; but the cat, uv coorse, was lift behind : an' the other three childer wint along the road, pickin' haves ..."

5. Irish Idylls by Jane Barlow (1893)
"... ways to spake to a man, so he legged it after me there, but I'd quit out of that afore he came, and then he follied me on to ..."

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