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/fˈulɪʃnəs/ Listen

noun

Foolishness n.

The quality of being foolish.

A foolish practice; an absurdity. " The preaching of the cross is to them that perish foolishness."

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Etymology of 'Foolishness'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Foolishness" Quotes from Famous Books

... Barwig, "to some extent you are right, quite right! But he is young, and he is in love. To you, perhaps; love is foolishness; but love is all there is in life." There was quite a pause. Miss Husted toyed with the letter she had not yet given to ...

— The Music Master - Novelized from the Play • Charles Klein

... denying it,' said Davis, 'It's something here, inside of me. It's foolishness; I dare say it's dam foolishness. I don't argue, I just draw the line. Isn't ...

— The Ebb-Tide - A Trio And Quartette • Robert Louis Stevenson and Lloyd Osbourne

... for such foolishness," he said, turning to Dan Murphy. "I want to know when we can get ...

— The Man From Glengarry - A Tale Of The Ottawa • Ralph Connor

... Foolishness of the fool with brains. The brainless fool fulfils himself in low ways—in alcoholic saturnalia, in salvation carnivals, in freethought hysterics, in political bombs. The Higher Foolishness expresses itself ...

— Without Prejudice • Israel Zangwill

... even when she saw him among her judges taking part against her. Jeanne herself suspected no falsehood, but made her confession to him, when she found that he was a priest, and trusted him fully. The bewildering and confusing fact, turning all the contrivances of her judges into foolishness, was, that she had nothing to confess that she was not ready to tell ...

— Jeanne d'Arc - Her Life And Death • Mrs.(Margaret) Oliphant

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