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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Foolery \Fool"er*y\, n.; pl {Fooleries}. 1. The practice of folly; the behavior of a fool; absurdity. Folly in fools bears not so strong a note, As foolery in the wise, when wit doth dote. --Shak. 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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: foolery n : foolish or senseless behavior [syn: {folly}, {tomfoolery}, {indulgence}]
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