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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
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.