silliness

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silliness

  • /ˈsɪlinɪs/
  • /-nəs/

noun sillinesses

  1. uncountable That which is perceived as silly or frivolous. The first time Tuvy confided his dream to his mates […] they’d howled with cruel laughter at the outrageousness of it, the silliness of it, the impossibility of it.
  2. countable An act that is silly; a result of being silly.

Similar: schmuckiness

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Similar: schmuckiness

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noun that which is perceived as silly or frivolous

Françaisbêtise, stupidité
DeutschDummheit, Albernheit
Italianostupidità

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@misc{silliness_2026,
  title = {silliness},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/silliness},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}