Folly Definition

fŏlē
follies
noun
follies
A lack of understanding, sense, or rational conduct; foolishness.
Webster's New World
An act or instance of foolishness.
Regretted the follies of his youth.
American Heritage
Any foolish action or belief.
Webster's New World
Any foolish and useless but expensive undertaking.
Webster's New World
Wickedness or evil; also, lewdness.
Webster's New World
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Noun

Singular:
folly
Plural:
follies

Origin of Folly

  • Middle English folie from Old French from fol foolish from Late Latin follis windbag, fool fool

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Old French folie (“madness”), from the adjective fol (“mad, insane”).

    From Wiktionary

Folly Sentence Examples

  • I saw the folly of my forefathers in the histories.

  • I say, this is folly!

  • It would have been folly after that experience to risk defeat and perhaps disaster in assailing formidable positions, effectively held and assiduously fortified.

  • It is folly to speak of a donation of lands which did not belong to the pope, or to maintain that the freedom of the Americans was extinguished by the decision of Alexander VI.

  • Nothing material is worth a thought; anxiety is folly; your Father, who feeds His birds and clothes His flowers, will feed and clothe you.

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