"foolery" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈfuːləɹi/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-foolery.wav [Southern-England] Forms: fooleries [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English foleri, ffollery, equivalent to fool + -ery. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|foleri}} Middle English foleri, {{m|enm|ffollery}} ffollery, {{suf|en|fool|ery}} fool + -ery Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} foolery (countable and uncountable, plural fooleries)
  1. Foolish behaviour or speech. Tags: countable, uncountable Synonyms: foolishness Derived forms: April foolery, tomfoolery Translations (foolish behaviour or speech.): φλυαρία (phluaría) [feminine] (Ancient Greek), глупост (glupost) [feminine] (Bulgarian), щуротия (šturotija) [feminine] (Bulgarian), folie [feminine] (French), błazenada [feminine] (Polish), błazeństwo [neuter] (Polish), głupota [feminine] (Polish)
    Sense id: en-foolery-en-noun-sU-SOMC0 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ery

Inflected forms

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