ZebraWords.com - The Definition of 'Foolery', Synonyms of 'Foolery' & More on 'Foolery'

1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)

foolery
    n 1: foolish or senseless behavior [syn: folly, foolery,
         tomfoolery, craziness, lunacy, indulgence]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Foolery \Fool"er*y\, n.; pl. Fooleries.
   1. The practice of folly; the behavior of a fool; foolish
      behavior; absurdity.
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            Folly in fools bears not so strong a note,
            As foolery in the wise, when wit doth dote. --Shak.
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   2. An act of folly or weakness; a foolish practice; something
      absurd or nonsensical.
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            That Pythagoras, Plato, or Orpheus, believed in any
            of these fooleries, it can not be suspected. --Sir
                                                  W. Raleigh.
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Thesaurus Results for Foolery:

1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

Parthian shot, asininity, back answer, banter, battiness, brainlessness, buffoonery, caustic remark, clownishness, comeback, crack, crackpottedness, crankiness, craziness, cut, cutting remark, daffiness, desipience, dig, dump, eccentricity, fatuity, fatuousness, fleer, flout, folly, foolheadedness, fooling, foolishness, frivolity, frivolousness, gibe, gibing retort, giddiness, goofiness, harlequinade, horseplay, idiocy, imbecility, inanity, ineptitude, insanity, jab, jape, jeer, jest, leg-pull, lunacy, madness, mindlessness, mock, monkeyshines, niaiserie, nugacity, nuttiness, parting shot, put-down, put-on, queerness, quip, rude reproach, sappiness, scoff, screwiness, scurrility, senselessness, shenanigans, short answer, silliness, slam, slap, stupidity, swipe, taunt, thoughtlessness, tomfoolery, triflingness, triviality, twit, verbal thrust, wackiness, weirdness, witlessness, zaniness, zanyism

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