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Webster 1913 Edition
Foolery
Fool′er-y
,Noun.
pl.
Fooleries
. 1.
The practice of folly; the behavior of a fool; foolish behavior; absurdity.
Folly in fools bears not so strong a note,
As
As
foolery
in the wise, when wit doth dote. Shakespeare
2.
An act of folly or weakness; a foolish practice; something absurd or nonsensical.
That Pythagoras, Plato, or Orpheus, believed in any of these
fooleries
, it can not be suspected. Sir W. Raleigh.
Webster 1828 Edition
Foolery
FOOL'ERY
,Noun.
1.
The practice of folly; habitual folly; attention to trifles.2.
An act of folly or weakness.3.
Object of folly.