Folly definition
Any foolish action or belief.
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Lack of good sense, understanding, or foresight.
An act of folly.
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A lack of understanding, sense, or rational conduct; foolishness.
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Action that ends or can end in disaster.
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An act or instance of foolishness.
Regretted the follies of his youth.
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An elaborate theatrical revue consisting of music, dance, and skits.
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A costly undertaking having an absurd or ruinous outcome.
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Any foolish and useless but expensive undertaking.
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An unconventional or extravagant, and often largely purposeless, building or structure.
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Thoughtless action resulting in tragic consequence.
The purchase of Alaska from Russia was termed Seward's folly.
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Folly is defined as an act of foolishness or a lack of good sense.
An example of folly is someone intentionally stabbing their foot with a pitch fork.
An example of folly is building a hospital on an earthquake fault line.
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A structure, such as a pavilion in a garden, that is chiefly decorative rather than practical in purpose.
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(obs.) Wickedness or evil; also, lewdness.
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A fanciful building built for purely ornamental reasons.
A luncheonette in the shape of a coffee cup is particularly conspicuous, as is intended of an architectural duck or folly.
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