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Definition of Foolery
1. Noun. Foolish or senseless behavior.
Generic synonyms: Caper, Frolic, Gambol, Play, Romp
Specialized synonyms: Meshugaas, Mishegaas, Mishegoss, Buffoonery, Clowning, Frivolity, Harlequinade, Japery, Prank
Derivative terms: Crazy, Crazy, Fool, Lunatic
Definition of Foolery
1. n. The practice of folly; the behavior of a fool; absurdity.
Definition of Foolery
1. Noun. Foolish behaviour or speech. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Foolery
1. foolish behavior or speech [n -ERIES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Foolery
Literary usage of Foolery
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Hebrew Anthology: A Collection of Poems and Dramas Inspired by the Old by George Alexander Kohut (1913)
"Is it not a foolery To oppress one's brother-men by hundreds, thousands— To ...
Is it not foolery to try to ape The mercy of the Highest—who, impartial, ..."
2. The Works of William Shakespeare by William Shakespeare (1887)
"... the artificial society, which yet he never really escapes from, as the others do.
His wisdom is half foolery, as Touchstone's foolery is half wisdom. ..."
3. Thirty Years' View, Or, A History of the Working of the American Government by Thomas Hart Benton (1856)
"But this miserable foolery about an exclusively metallic currency, is quite as
absurd as to discard the steamboats, and go back to poling up the Mississippi ..."
4. A Concordance to the English Poems of Thomas Gray by Albert Stanburrough Cook, Concordance Society (1908)
"fIn ductile Lines of foolery: Ode 40. Linger. they linger yet, Avengers of their
native land : linger in the gloomy Walks of Fate: El. Mas. 80. ..."
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