foolery

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foolery

/ˈfuːləɹi/

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From Middle English foleri, ffollery, equivalent to fool + -ery.

noun fooleries

countable, uncountable Foolish behaviour or speech. So from that tyme forwarde I began to ſmell the word of god, and forſoke the ſchole doctors and ſuch foolries.
Similar: foolishness

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noun foolish behaviour or speech.

Français	folie

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@misc{foolery_2026,
  title = {foolery},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/foolery},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}