foolishness
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foolishness
- /ˈfuːlɪʃnəs/
Where it comes from
From Middle English folishnesse, follissnesse, equivalent to foolish + -ness.
noun foolishnesses
- The state of being foolish. On page 297 [“Queens Not Balled Thru Robbers”], that quotation from a foreign bee-paper, about the foolishness of thinking that robber-bees ball a queen, is probably all right in the main. Robbers are indeed there for honey—not for reginacide—but perchance no one interferes, and after awhile the hon
- A thing or event that is foolish, or an absurdity.
Similar: imprudence, folly, extravagance, irresponsibility, indiscretion, absurdity, ridiculousness, schmuckiness, stupidity · Opposite: wisdom
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: folly, stupidity, imbecility, craziness, unwiseness, betise, stupid, idiocy, insanity, crazy, blunder, madness, lunacy, nonsense, indiscretion, ignorant
noun
Similar: imprudence, folly, extravagance, irresponsibility, indiscretion, absurdity, ridiculousness, schmuckiness, stupidity · Opposite: wisdom
Translations
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noun state of being foolish
| Español | nescedad (disused), necedad |
|---|---|
| Kiswahili | upumbavu |
| Português | tolice |
| Français | folie, sottise, déraison |
| Deutsch | Torheit, Dummheit, Tölpelhaftigkeit, Narrheit, Narrentum, Unverstand |
| Italiano | malaccortezza, pazzia, sciocchezza, stupidità |
| Русский | глу́пость glúpostʹ |
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