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FOOLERY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does foolery mean?
• FOOLERY (noun)
The noun FOOLERY has 1 sense:
1. foolish or senseless behavior
Familiarity information: FOOLERY used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Foolish or senseless behavior
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
craziness; folly; foolery; indulgence; lunacy; tomfoolery
Hypernyms ("foolery" is a kind of...):
caper; frolic; gambol; play; romp (gay or light-hearted recreational activity for diversion or amusement)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "foolery"):
meshugaas; mishegaas; mishegoss ((Yiddish) craziness; senseless behavior or activity)
buffoonery; clowning; frivolity; harlequinade; japery; prank (acting like a clown or buffoon)
Derivation:
fool (indulge in horseplay)
Context examples
They sheer away their heads if they get up to any foolery.
(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
And now, you look here, he added, suddenly changing his tone, we've had about enough of this foolery.
(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)
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