foolery

foolery
Synonyms and related words:
Parthian shot, asininity, back answer, banter, battiness, brainlessness, buffoonery, caustic remark, clownishness, comeback, crack, crackpottedness, crankiness, craziness, cut, cutting remark, daffiness, desipience, dig, dump, eccentricity, fatuity, fatuousness, fleer, flout, folly, foolheadedness, fooling, foolishness, frivolity, frivolousness, gibe, gibing retort, giddiness, goofiness, harlequinade, horseplay, idiocy, imbecility, inanity, ineptitude, insanity, jab, jape, jeer, jest, leg-pull, lunacy, madness, mindlessness, mock, monkeyshines, niaiserie, nugacity, nuttiness, parting shot, put-down, put-on, queerness, quip, rude reproach, sappiness, scoff, screwiness, scurrility, senselessness, shenanigans, short answer, silliness, slam, slap, stupidity, swipe, taunt, thoughtlessness, tomfoolery, triflingness, triviality, twit, verbal thrust, wackiness, weirdness, witlessness, zaniness, zanyism

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  • Foolery — Fool er*y, n.; pl. {Fooleries}. 1. The practice of folly; the behavior of a fool; absurdity. [1913 Webster] Folly in fools bears not so strong a note, As foolery in the wise, when wit doth dote. Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. An act of folly or… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • foolery — (n.) 1550s, from FOOL (Cf. fool) (n.) + ERY (Cf. ery) …   Etymology dictionary

  • foolery — [fo͞ol′ər ē] n. pl. fooleries foolish behavior or a foolish action …   English World dictionary

  • foolery — Ⅰ. fool [1] ► NOUN 1) a person who acts unwisely. 2) historical a jester or clown. ► VERB 1) trick or deceive. 2) (fool about/around) act in a joking or frivolous way. 3) …   English terms dictionary

  • foolery — noun the foolery in this dormitory has gotten out of hand Syn: clowning, fooling, tomfoolery, buffoonery, silliness, foolishness, stupidity, idiocy; antics, capers; informal larks, shenanigans, didoes; archaic harlequinade …   Thesaurus of popular words

  • foolery — noun (plural eries) Date: 1552 1. a foolish act, utterance, or belief 2. foolish behavior …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • foolery — /fooh leuh ree/, n., pl. fooleries. 1. foolish action or conduct. 2. a foolish action, performance, or thing. [1545 55; FOOL1 + ERY] * * * …   Universalium

  • foolery — noun Foolish behaviour or speech …   Wiktionary

  • foolery — I (Roget s IV) n. Syn. foolishness, folly, shenanigans*; see joke 1 , nonsense 1 , 2 . II (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun Foolish behavior: absurdity, folly, foolishness, idiocy, imbecility, insanity, lunacy, madness, nonsense, preposterousness,… …   English dictionary for students

  • foolery — fool|e|ry [ˈfu:ləri] n [U] BrE old fashioned silly or stupid behaviour …   Dictionary of contemporary English

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