folly

folly
n
1. absurdity, absurdness, inanity, point-lessness, fatuousness; senselessness, nonsense, nonsen-sicalness, nonsensicality, meaninglessness, Archaic. insipience; unreasonableness, irrationality, illogicalness, illogicality; preposterousness, extravagance, excessiveness; poppycock, amphigory, bosh, drivel, gibberish, balderdash, fiddle-faddle; babble, twaddle, prattle; ridiculousness, ridiculosity, laughableness, ludicrousness; comicality, comicalness, funniness, humor, hu-morousness, drollness; asininity, idiocy, idioticalness, Inf. moronism, Inf. moronity, imbecility; craziness, Sl. kookiness, madness, wildness, insanity, dementedness; daftness, Inf. nuttiness, peculiarity, strangeness, erraticism, eccentricity, oddness, oddity; AU Sl. balm-iness, bugginess, screwiness, goofiness, wackiness, looniness.
2. weak-mindedness, simple-mindedness, feather-headedness, rattleheadedness; light-mindedness, lightheadedness, feeble-mindedness, Inf. dizziness; mud-dleheadedness, absent-mindedness, bemusement, confusion, confusedness; dullness, Inf. dopiness, Inf. dumbness, insensateness; dull-wittedness, slow-wittedness, half-wittedness, unwittingness; hare-brainedness, giddiness, mercurialness, recklessness, unstableness, instability; stupidness, stupidity, unintelligence, mind-lessness, fatuity, brainlessness, slowness; denseness, density, thickness, thickheadedness, obtuseness, stolidness, lumpishness, bluntness; blockheadedness, boneheadedness, doltishness; empty-headedness, blankness, vacancy, vacuousness.
3. triflingness, frivolousness, frivolity, shallowness; unimportance, inconsiderableness, insignificance; pettiness, picayunishness, triviality, paltriness; smallness, scantiness, meagerness.
4. antic, antics, caper, Inf. shenanigans, Sl. monkey-shines, Sl. monkeybusiness; mischief, prankishnesss, Inf. hanky-panky, Scot, and North Eng. daffing, prank, trick, practical joke; farce, mockery, mummery; fooling, tomfoolery, horseplay; clowning, clownery, clownishness, zanyism; buffoonery, buf-foonism, buffoonishness, harlequinade; joking, jesting, jocosity, jocoseness, jocularity, waggishness, waggery, drollery; levity, facetiousness; silliness, childishness, immaturity, puerility, juvenility.
5. inappropriateness, ineptness, ineptitude, improp-erness, impropriety, incongruousness, incongruity, inconsistence, inconsistency; indiscretion, imprudence, unwiseness, irresponsibility; impetuousness, impetuosity, impulsiveness, hastiness, short-sightedness; fool-hardiness, incaution, heedlessness, rashness, brashness, recklessness, unwariness; mistake, blunder, false move, Sl. goof, faux pas.

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