foolery

foolery [foo-luh-ree] ExamplesWord Origin See more synonyms for foolery on Thesaurus.com noun, plural fool·er·ies.

1. foolish action or conduct.
2. a foolish action, performance, or thing.

Origin of foolery First recorded in 1545–55; fool1 + -ery Related Words for foolery game, sport, match, caricature, mockery, sarcasm, jeer, disdain, satire, derision, taunt, scorn, laughter, contempt, parody, taunting, madness, silliness, absurdity, nonsense Examples from the Web for foolery Contemporary Examples of foolery

What other types of foolery is the home-goods outlet engaging in?

Is Bed Bath & Beyond a ‘Palace of Lies’? An Investigation.

Rachel Krantz

February 27, 2013

Historical Examples of foolery

A male—even such a male as Tibby—was enough to stop the foolery.

Howards End

E. M. Forster

You don’t make your case any better by this sort of foolery.

Romance

Joseph Conrad and F.M. Hueffer

To wit, that a woman must needs be wed, and that otherwise she is but half a woman, and the like foolery.

Clare Avery

Emily Sarah Holt

If he met the bairns coming from school, the Glen rang with the foolery.

Kate Carnegie and Those Ministers

Ian Maclaren

So foolery was exchanged for foolery, and the thing throve well.

Traditions of the North American Indians, Vol. 3 (of 3)

James Athearn Jones

British Dictionary definitions for foolery foolery noun plural -eries

1. foolish behaviour
2. an instance of this, esp a prank or trick

Word Origin and History for foolery n.

1550s, from fool (n.) + -ery.