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nounthe trait of acting stupidly or rashly
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nouna stupid mistake
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nounfoolish or senseless behavior
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"trying to drive through a blizzard is the height of folly"nounthe quality of being rash and foolish
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Definition that contains folly
- absurdity a ludicrous folly
- silliness a ludicrous folly
- seward United States politician who as Secretary of State in 1867 arranged for the purchase of Alaska from Russia (known at the time as Seward's Folly) (1801-1872)
- satirical exposing human folly to ridicule
- satiric exposing human folly to ridicule
- juvenal Roman satirist who denounced the vice and folly of Roman society during the reign of the emperor Domitian (60-140)
- decimus junius juvenalis Roman satirist who denounced the vice and folly of Roman society during the reign of the emperor Domitian (60-140)
- fatuity a ludicrous folly
- william henry seward United States politician who as Secretary of State in 1867 arranged for the purchase of Alaska from Russia (known at the time as Seward's Folly) (1801-1872)
- fatuousness a ludicrous folly