Meaning of Foolery | Babel Free

Definitions

Foolish behaviour or speech.

countable, uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“So from that tyme forwarde I began to ſmell the word of god, and forſoke the ſchole doctors and ſuch foolries.”

“Foolery, sir, does walk⟳ about the orb like⟳ the sun, it shines every where.”

“A wantonneſſe in wealth, methinks I agree⟳ not with, / Tis ſuch a trouble⟳ to be married too, / And have⟳ a thouſand things of great importance, / Jewells and plates, and fooleries moleſt mee, / To have⟳ a mans brains whimſied with his wealth: […]”

“Tradesmen and clerks, with fashionable novel-reading families, and circulating-library-subscribing daughters, get⟳ up small assemblies in humble imitation of Almack’s, and promenade the dingy ‘large room’ of some second-rate hotel with as much complacency as the enviable few who are privileged to exhibit their magnificence in that exclusive haunt of fashion and foolery.”

“Though you think⟳, maybe, young men can do their fill⟳ of foolery and there is none to blame⟳ them.”

“He […] hurried off to the Centre, took part in the solemn foolery of a 'discussion group' […]”

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