Folly definitions Webster's 1828 Dictionary FOL'LY, n. [See Fool ... of mind. want of understanding. A fool layeth open his folly. Proverbs 13. 2. A weak or absurd act not highly ... which violates moral precepts and dishonors the offender. Shechem wrought folly in Israel. Achan wrought folly in Israel. Genesis 34. Josh 7. 4. Criminal weakness; depravity ... n 1: the trait of acting stupidly or rashly [syn: folly, foolishness, unwiseness] [ant: wisdom, wiseness] 2: a stupid mistake [syn: stupidity, betise, folly, foolishness, imbecility] 3: the quality of being rash and ...
FOOL; FOLLY definitions International Standard Bible Encyclopedia fool nabhal, 'ewil, kecil, cakhal ... Wisdom literature, we find nabhal frequently translated "fool" and nebhalah, "folly"; nabhal, however, denotes a wicked person, an evil character, "shamelessly ... foolish" person, and nebhalah, "wickedness," "shameless impropriety," rather than simple folly. We have almost a definition of nabhal in Isa 32:6: "For the fool will speak folly, and his heart will work iniquity, to practice profaneness, and ... corrupt, they have done abominable works," showing that more than "folly" is implied. In Isa 32:5,6 the King James ... nebhalah "villany," the Revised Version (British and American) "fool" and "folly," Jer 29:23; halal, implying loud boasting is in ...
... s 1828 Dictionary FOOL'ERY, n. 1. The practice of folly; habitual folly; attention to trifles. 2. An act of folly or weakness. 3. Object of folly. WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: foolish or senseless behavior [syn: folly, foolery, tomfoolery, craziness, lunacy, indulgence] Merriam Webster's noun (plural ... Fool"er*y, n.; pl. Fooleries. 1. The practice of folly; the behavior of a fool; absurdity. Folly in fools ...
Foolishness definitions Webster's 1828 Dictionary FOOL'ISHNESS, n. 1. Folly; want of understanding. 2. Foolish practice; want of wisdom or good judgment. 3. In a scriptural sense, absurdity; folly. The preaching of the cross is to them that perish ... n 1: the trait of acting stupidly or rashly [syn: folly, foolishness, unwiseness] [ant: wisdom, wiseness] 2: the quality of being ... trying to drive through a blizzard is the height of folly"; "adjusting to an insane society is total foolishness" [syn: folly, foolishness, craziness, madness] 3: a stupid mistake [syn: stupidity, betise, folly, foolishness, imbecility] Merriam Webster's noun Date: 15th century ...
... or is furious. There are degrees of madness as of folly. 1. Extreme folly; headstrong passion and rashness that act in opposition to reason ... trying to drive through a blizzard is the height of folly"; "adjusting to an insane society is total foolishness" [syn: folly, foolishness, craziness, madness] 5: unrestrained excitement or enthusiasm; "poetry is ... of being mad: as a. rage b. insanity c. extreme folly d. ecstasy, enthusiasm 2. any of several ailments of animals ... of being mad; insanity; lunacy. 2. Frenzy; ungovernable rage; extreme folly. Syn: Insanity; distraction; derangement; craziness; lunacy; mania; frenzy; franticness; ...
... satyriasis.] 1. A discourse or poem in which wickedness or folly is exposed with severity. It differs from lampoon and pasquinade ... irony, or sarcasm used to expose and discredit vice or folly Synonyms: see wit Britannica Concise Artistic form in which human or individual vices, folly, abuses, or shortcomings are held up to censure by means ... satirist is an urbane man of the world who sees folly everywhere but is moved to gentle laughter rather than to ... 1 the use of ridicule, irony, sarcasm, etc., to expose folly or vice or to lampoon an individual. 2 a work ... Saturate.] 1. A composition, generally poetical, holding up vice or folly to reprobation; a keen or severe exposure of what ...
... put the fool upon all mankind. 6. One who counterfeits folly; a buffoon; as a king's fool. I scorn, although ... money. 1. To fool away, to spend in trifles, idleness, folly, or without advantage; as, to fool away time. 2. To ... bag, an inflated ball; perh. akin to E. bellows. Cf. Folly, Follicle.] 1. One destitute of reason, or of the common ... is no God. --Ps. xiv. 1. 4. One who counterfeits folly; a professional jester or buffoon; a retainer formerly kept to ... to get rid of foolishly; to spend in trifles, idleness, folly, or without advantage. Collin's Cobuild Dictionary (fools, fooling, fooled ...
... 1: a revue with elaborate costuming Webster's 1913 Dictionary Folly Fol"ly, n.; pl. Follies. [OE. folie, foli, F. folie ... or thoughtless procedure; weak or light-minded conduct; foolery. What folly 'tis to hazard life for ill. --Shak. 3. Scandalous crime ... sin; specifically, as applied to a woman, wantonness. [Achan] wrought folly in Israel. --Josh. vii. 15. When lovely woman stoops to folly. --Goldsmith. 4. The result of a foolish action or enterprise ... It is called this man's or that man's ``folly,'' and name of the foolish builder is thus kept alive ...
... FOP'PERY, n. 1. Affectation of show or importance; showy folly; as the foppery of dress or of manners. 2. Folly; impertinence. Let not the sound of shallow foppery enter my ... noun (plural -peries) Date: 1546 1. foolish character or action ; folly 2. the behavior or dress of a fop Webster's ... other indication of a fop; coxcombry; affectation of show; showy folly. 2. Folly; foolery. Let not the sound of shallow foppery enter My ...
... It is sometimes used in a bad sense; as supreme folly or baseness, folly or baseness carried to the utmost extent. [A bad use ... supreme courage" 4: greatest or maximal in degree; extreme; "supreme folly" Merriam Webster's adjective Etymology: Latin supremus, superlative of superus ... bad sense); as, supreme love; supreme glory; supreme magnanimity; supreme folly. Each would be supreme within its own sphere, and those ...
... 1828 Dictionary INFATUA'TION, n. The act of affecting with folly. 1. A state of mind in which the intellectual powers ... infatuation.] The act of infatuating; the state of being infatuated; folly; that which infatuates. The infatuations of the sensual and frivolous ... obsession N-VAR Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms n. Folly, foolishness, stupefaction, besottedness, arrant folly, passionate absorption, senseless prepossession. Moby Thesaurus affection, ardor, blind faith ...