Folly word meaning and definition

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• Meaning and definition
• Synonyms for folly
• Antonyms
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• Letter statistic
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Meaning and definition for "folly" word

[noun] foolish or senseless behavior
[noun] a stupid mistake
[noun] the trait of acting stupidly or rashly
[noun] the quality of being rash and foolish

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\Fol"ly\, n.; pl. {Follies}. [OE. folie, foli, F. folie, fr. fol, fou, foolish, mad. See {Fool}.] 1. The state of being foolish; want of good sense; levity, weakness, or derangement of mind. 2. A foolish act; an inconsiderate 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 for long after years. --Trench.

Synonyms for folly

betise, craziness, foolery, foolishness, foolishness, foolishness, imbecility, indulgence, stupidity, tomfoolery, unwiseness

Antonyms: wisdom, wiseness

Related terms: blunder, clownishness, crackpottedness, desipience, error, fatuity, fluff, goof, goofiness, imprudence, indiscretion, ineptitude, niaiserie, nugacity, nuttiness, preposterousness, rashness, silliness, triflingness, wackiness, witlessness, zanyism

The fun area, different aproach to word »folly«

Let's analyse "folly" as pure text. This string has Five letters in Two syllables and One vowel (In our algorithm Y is not counted as vowel, but in English language, sometimes it sounds like one). 20% of vowels is 18.6% less then average English word. Written in backwards: YLLOF. Average typing speed for these characters is 1385 milliseconds. [info]

Morse code: ..-. --- .-.. .-.. -.--

Numerology

Hearts desire number calculated from vowels: folly: 6 = 6, reduced: 6 (or 4 if Y is vowel too). and the final result is Six.
Destiny number calculated from all letters: folly: 6 + 6 + 3 + 3 + 7 = 25, reduced: 7, and the final result is Seven.

Tarot cards

Letter	Num.	Tarot c.	Meaning
F (1)	6	Lovers	Practical, Faithful, Organizer
L (2)	12	Hanged Man	Leader, Teacher, Healer, Decisive
O (1)	15	Devil	Optimist, Gamesman, Marketer, Hunter
Y (1)	25	Knight of Wands	Brave, Daring, Bold, Charismatic, Brash

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