Meaning of foolishness | Babel Free
ˈfuːlɪʃnəsDefinitions
- The state of being foolish
- Foolishness, stupidity.
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The state of being foolish. uncountable
- A thing or event that is foolish, or an absurdity
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A thing or event that is foolish, or an absurdity. countable
Equivalents
Čeština
pošetilost
Dansk
tåbelighed
Esperanto
malsagêco
Suomi
typeryys
Gàidhlig
amaideas
Հայերեն
հիմարություն
Kurdî
bêtişe
Polski
głupota
Português
tolice
Русский
глупость
Kiswahili
upumbavu
Українська
безглу́здість
Examples
“On page 297 [“Queens Not Balled Thru Robbers”], that quotation from a foreign bee-paper, about the foolishness of thinking that robber-bees ball a queen, is probably all right in the main. Robbers are indeed there for honey—not for reginacide—but perchance no one interferes, and after awhile the honey is gone, and the hive is filled with a miscellaneous crowd largely new comers, who are like a city mob, “the more part know not wherefore they are come together.””
CEFR level
C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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