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English Dictionary: foolery by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
foolery
n
  1. foolish or senseless behavior [syn: folly, foolery, tomfoolery, craziness, lunacy, indulgence]
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.
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