FOLLY
\fˈɒli], \fˈɒli], \f_ˈɒ_l_i]\
Definitions of FOLLY
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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A foolish act; an inconsiderate or thoughtless procedure; weak or light-minded conduct; foolery.
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Scandalous crime; sin; specifically, as applied to a woman, wantonness.
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A foolish act; an inconsiderate or thoughtless procedure; weak or light-minded conduct; foolery.
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Scandalous crime; sin; specifically, as applied to a woman, wantonness.
By Noah Webster.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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Weakness of intellect; imbecility of mind; want of understanding; a weak or absurd act; an inconsiderate or thoughtless procedure; weak or light-minded conduct; criminal weakness; depravity of mind or actions; any object planned without its author having the means of bringing it to a successful completion, such as a magnificent mansion which exhausts a person's capital in building, or would ruin him in keeping up in proper style; as, “We know indeed how this scorn will embody itself in a name given to the unfinished structure. It is called this or that man's folly; and the name of the foolish builder is thus kept alive for long after-years."-Trench.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald
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