"foolishness" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈfuːlɪʃnəs/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vininn126-foolishness.wav [US] Forms: foolishnesses [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English folishnesse, follissnesse, equivalent to foolish + -ness. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|folishnesse}} Middle English folishnesse, {{m|enm|follissnesse}} follissnesse, {{suf|en|foolish|ness}} foolish + -ness Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} foolishness (countable and uncountable, plural foolishnesses)
  1. (uncountable) The state of being foolish. Tags: uncountable Translations (state of being foolish): ἀφροσύνη (aphrosúnē) [feminine] (Ancient Greek), μωρία (mōría) [feminine] (Ancient Greek), հիմարություն (himarutʻyun) (Armenian), глупост (glupost) [feminine] (Bulgarian), неразумност (nerazumnost) [feminine] (Bulgarian), utsiru (Chichewa), pošetilost [feminine] (Czech), tåbelighed [common-gender] (Danish), malsaĝeco (Esperanto), typeryys (Finnish), folie [feminine] (French), sottise [feminine] (French), déraison [feminine] (French), tolemia [feminine] (Galician), loucura [feminine] (Galician), Torheit [feminine] (German), Dummheit [feminine] (German), Tölpelhaftigkeit [feminine] (German), Narrheit [feminine] (German), Narrentum [neuter, rare] (German), Unverstand [masculine] (German), 𐌿𐌽𐍆𐍂𐍉𐌳𐌴𐌹 (unfrōdei) [feminine] (Gothic), leibideacht [feminine] (Irish), amadántacht [feminine] (Irish), amlógacht [feminine] (Irish), baothántacht [feminine] (Irish), sciocchezza (Italian), stupidità (Italian), pazzia [feminine] (Italian), jatura (Kabuverdianu), ល្បែ (lbae) (Khmer), fatuitās [feminine] (Latin), stultitia [feminine] (Latin), muļķība [feminine] (Latvian), neprātība [feminine] (Latvian), dumjība (Latvian), глу́пост (glúpost) [feminine] (Macedonian), нера́зумност (nerázumnost) [feminine] (Macedonian), будала́штина (budaláština) [feminine] (Macedonian), meecheeall [feminine] (Manx), anchreeaght [feminine] (Manx), głupota [feminine] (Polish), tolice [feminine] (Portuguese), глу́пость (glúpostʹ) [feminine] (Russian), macchìghine [Northern] (Sardinian), macchìne (Sardinian), bambidudine (Sardinian), scimpròriu [Southern] (Sardinian), amaideas [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic), upumbavu (Swahili), безглуздість (bezhluzdistʹ) [feminine] (Ukrainian), нерозсудливість (nerozsudlyvistʹ) [feminine] (Ukrainian), fop (Volapük), נאַרישקייט (narishkeyt) [feminine] (Yiddish)
    Sense id: en-foolishness-en-noun-Or22b7TF Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ness Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 98 2 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ness: 95 5 Disambiguation of 'state of being foolish': 82 18
  2. (countable) A thing or event that is foolish, or an absurdity. Tags: countable Translations (thing or event that is foolish): حَمَاقَة (ḥamāqa) [feminine] (Arabic), հիմարություն (himarutʻyun) (Armenian), глупост (glupost) [feminine] (Bulgarian), pošetilost [feminine] (Czech), tåbelighed [common-gender] (Danish), typeryys (Finnish), folie [feminine] (French), sottise [feminine] (French), bêtise [feminine] (French), tolaxe [feminine] (Galician), tolería [feminine] (Galician), Dummheit [feminine] (German), sciocchezza (Italian), stupidità (Italian), jatura (Kabuverdianu), stultitia [feminine] (Latin), muļķība (Latvian), neprātība [feminine] (Latvian), dumjība [feminine] (Latvian), глу́пост (glúpost) [feminine] (Macedonian), głupota [feminine] (Polish), tolice [feminine] (Portuguese), глу́пость (glúpostʹ) [feminine] (Russian), amaideas [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic), sandez [feminine] (Spanish), tontería [feminine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-foolishness-en-noun-aXPW08~2 Disambiguation of 'thing or event that is foolish': 40 60
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: imprudence, folly, extravagance, irresponsibility, indiscretion, absurdity, ridiculousness, schmuckiness, stupidity Related terms: fool

Inflected forms

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          "word": "malsaĝeco"
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          "sense": "state of being foolish",
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          "_dis1": "82 18",
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          "sense": "state of being foolish",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "déraison"
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          "code": "gl",
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          "sense": "state of being foolish",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "tolemia"
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          "tags": [
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          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "state of being foolish",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
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          "word": "Torheit"
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          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "state of being foolish",
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          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "state of being foolish",
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          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "state of being foolish",
          "tags": [
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          "sense": "state of being foolish",
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          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "state of being foolish",
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          "word": "Unverstand"
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          "code": "got",
          "lang": "Gothic",
          "roman": "unfrōdei",
          "sense": "state of being foolish",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "𐌿𐌽𐍆𐍂𐍉𐌳𐌴𐌹"
        },
        {
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          "code": "grc",
          "lang": "Ancient Greek",
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          "sense": "state of being foolish",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
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          "word": "ἀφροσύνη"
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          "code": "grc",
          "lang": "Ancient Greek",
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          "sense": "state of being foolish",
          "tags": [
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          ],
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          "_dis1": "82 18",
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "state of being foolish",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "leibideacht"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 18",
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "state of being foolish",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "amadántacht"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 18",
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "state of being foolish",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
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          "word": "amlógacht"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 18",
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "state of being foolish",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "baothántacht"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 18",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "state of being foolish",
          "word": "sciocchezza"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 18",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "state of being foolish",
          "word": "stupidità"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 18",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "state of being foolish",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "pazzia"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 18",
          "code": "kea",
          "lang": "Kabuverdianu",
          "sense": "state of being foolish",
          "word": "jatura"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 18",
          "code": "km",
          "lang": "Khmer",
          "roman": "lbae",
          "sense": "state of being foolish",
          "word": "ល្បែ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 18",
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "state of being foolish",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "fatuitās"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 18",
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "state of being foolish",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "stultitia"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 18",
          "code": "lv",
          "lang": "Latvian",
          "sense": "state of being foolish",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "muļķība"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 18",
          "code": "lv",
          "lang": "Latvian",
          "sense": "state of being foolish",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "neprātība"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 18",
          "code": "lv",
          "lang": "Latvian",
          "sense": "state of being foolish",
          "word": "dumjība"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 18",
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "glúpost",
          "sense": "state of being foolish",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "глу́пост"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 18",
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "nerázumnost",
          "sense": "state of being foolish",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "нера́зумност"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 18",
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "budaláština",
          "sense": "state of being foolish",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "будала́штина"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 18",
          "code": "gv",
          "lang": "Manx",
          "sense": "state of being foolish",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "meecheeall"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 18",
          "code": "gv",
          "lang": "Manx",
          "sense": "state of being foolish",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "anchreeaght"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 18",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "state of being foolish",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "głupota"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 18",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "state of being foolish",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "tolice"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 18",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "glúpostʹ",
          "sense": "state of being foolish",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "глу́пость"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 18",
          "code": "sc",
          "lang": "Sardinian",
          "sense": "state of being foolish",
          "tags": [
            "Northern"
          ],
          "word": "macchìghine"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 18",
          "code": "sc",
          "lang": "Sardinian",
          "sense": "state of being foolish",
          "word": "macchìne"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 18",
          "code": "sc",
          "lang": "Sardinian",
          "sense": "state of being foolish",
          "word": "bambidudine"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 18",
          "code": "sc",
          "lang": "Sardinian",
          "sense": "state of being foolish",
          "tags": [
            "Southern"
          ],
          "word": "scimpròriu"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 18",
          "code": "gd",
          "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
          "sense": "state of being foolish",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "amaideas"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 18",
          "code": "sw",
          "lang": "Swahili",
          "sense": "state of being foolish",
          "word": "upumbavu"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 18",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "bezhluzdistʹ",
          "sense": "state of being foolish",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "безглуздість"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 18",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "nerozsudlyvistʹ",
          "sense": "state of being foolish",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "нерозсудливість"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 18",
          "code": "vo",
          "lang": "Volapük",
          "sense": "state of being foolish",
          "word": "fop"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 18",
          "code": "yi",
          "lang": "Yiddish",
          "roman": "narishkeyt",
          "sense": "state of being foolish",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "נאַרישקייט"
        }
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      ],
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        "(countable) A thing or event that is foolish, or an absurdity."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable"
      ],
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        {
          "_dis1": "40 60",
          "code": "ar",
          "lang": "Arabic",
          "roman": "ḥamāqa",
          "sense": "thing or event that is foolish",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "حَمَاقَة"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "40 60",
          "code": "hy",
          "lang": "Armenian",
          "roman": "himarutʻyun",
          "sense": "thing or event that is foolish",
          "word": "հիմարություն"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "40 60",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "glupost",
          "sense": "thing or event that is foolish",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "глупост"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "40 60",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "thing or event that is foolish",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "pošetilost"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "40 60",
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "thing or event that is foolish",
          "tags": [
            "common-gender"
          ],
          "word": "tåbelighed"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "40 60",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "thing or event that is foolish",
          "word": "typeryys"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "40 60",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "thing or event that is foolish",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "folie"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "40 60",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "thing or event that is foolish",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "sottise"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "40 60",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "thing or event that is foolish",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "bêtise"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "40 60",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "thing or event that is foolish",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "tolaxe"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "40 60",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "thing or event that is foolish",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "tolería"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "40 60",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "thing or event that is foolish",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Dummheit"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "40 60",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "thing or event that is foolish",
          "word": "sciocchezza"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "40 60",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "thing or event that is foolish",
          "word": "stupidità"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "40 60",
          "code": "kea",
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          "tags": [
            "feminine"
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    "English lemmas",
    "English nouns",
    "English terms derived from Middle English",
    "English terms inherited from Middle English",
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      "word": "irresponsibility"
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      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "himarutʻyun",
      "sense": "state of being foolish",
      "word": "հիմարություն"
    },
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      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "glupost",
      "sense": "state of being foolish",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "глупост"
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    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "nerazumnost",
      "sense": "state of being foolish",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "неразумност"
    },
    {
      "code": "ny",
      "lang": "Chichewa",
      "sense": "state of being foolish",
      "word": "utsiru"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "state of being foolish",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "pošetilost"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "state of being foolish",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "tåbelighed"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "state of being foolish",
      "word": "malsaĝeco"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "state of being foolish",
      "word": "typeryys"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "state of being foolish",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "folie"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "state of being foolish",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "sottise"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "state of being foolish",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "déraison"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "state of being foolish",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "tolemia"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "state of being foolish",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "loucura"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "state of being foolish",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Torheit"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "state of being foolish",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Dummheit"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "state of being foolish",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Tölpelhaftigkeit"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "state of being foolish",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Narrheit"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "state of being foolish",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "rare"
      ],
      "word": "Narrentum"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "state of being foolish",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Unverstand"
    },
    {
      "code": "got",
      "lang": "Gothic",
      "roman": "unfrōdei",
      "sense": "state of being foolish",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "𐌿𐌽𐍆𐍂𐍉𐌳𐌴𐌹"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "aphrosúnē",
      "sense": "state of being foolish",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ἀφροσύνη"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "mōría",
      "sense": "state of being foolish",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "μωρία"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "state of being foolish",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "leibideacht"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "state of being foolish",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "amadántacht"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "state of being foolish",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "amlógacht"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "state of being foolish",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "baothántacht"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "state of being foolish",
      "word": "sciocchezza"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "state of being foolish",
      "word": "stupidità"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "state of being foolish",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "pazzia"
    },
    {
      "code": "kea",
      "lang": "Kabuverdianu",
      "sense": "state of being foolish",
      "word": "jatura"
    },
    {
      "code": "km",
      "lang": "Khmer",
      "roman": "lbae",
      "sense": "state of being foolish",
      "word": "ល្បែ"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "state of being foolish",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "fatuitās"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "state of being foolish",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "stultitia"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "state of being foolish",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "muļķība"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "state of being foolish",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "neprātība"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "state of being foolish",
      "word": "dumjība"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "glúpost",
      "sense": "state of being foolish",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "глу́пост"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "nerázumnost",
      "sense": "state of being foolish",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "нера́зумност"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "budaláština",
      "sense": "state of being foolish",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "будала́штина"
    },
    {
      "code": "gv",
      "lang": "Manx",
      "sense": "state of being foolish",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "meecheeall"
    },
    {
      "code": "gv",
      "lang": "Manx",
      "sense": "state of being foolish",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "anchreeaght"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "state of being foolish",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "głupota"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "state of being foolish",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "tolice"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "glúpostʹ",
      "sense": "state of being foolish",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "глу́пость"
    },
    {
      "code": "sc",
      "lang": "Sardinian",
      "sense": "state of being foolish",
      "tags": [
        "Northern"
      ],
      "word": "macchìghine"
    },
    {
      "code": "sc",
      "lang": "Sardinian",
      "sense": "state of being foolish",
      "word": "macchìne"
    },
    {
      "code": "sc",
      "lang": "Sardinian",
      "sense": "state of being foolish",
      "word": "bambidudine"
    },
    {
      "code": "sc",
      "lang": "Sardinian",
      "sense": "state of being foolish",
      "tags": [
        "Southern"
      ],
      "word": "scimpròriu"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "state of being foolish",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "amaideas"
    },
    {
      "code": "sw",
      "lang": "Swahili",
      "sense": "state of being foolish",
      "word": "upumbavu"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "bezhluzdistʹ",
      "sense": "state of being foolish",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "безглуздість"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "nerozsudlyvistʹ",
      "sense": "state of being foolish",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "нерозсудливість"
    },
    {
      "code": "vo",
      "lang": "Volapük",
      "sense": "state of being foolish",
      "word": "fop"
    },
    {
      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "roman": "narishkeyt",
      "sense": "state of being foolish",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "נאַרישקייט"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "ḥamāqa",
      "sense": "thing or event that is foolish",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "حَمَاقَة"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "himarutʻyun",
      "sense": "thing or event that is foolish",
      "word": "հիմարություն"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "glupost",
      "sense": "thing or event that is foolish",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "глупост"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "thing or event that is foolish",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "pošetilost"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "thing or event that is foolish",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "tåbelighed"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "thing or event that is foolish",
      "word": "typeryys"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "thing or event that is foolish",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "folie"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "thing or event that is foolish",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "sottise"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "thing or event that is foolish",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "bêtise"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "thing or event that is foolish",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "tolaxe"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "thing or event that is foolish",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "tolería"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "thing or event that is foolish",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Dummheit"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "thing or event that is foolish",
      "word": "sciocchezza"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "thing or event that is foolish",
      "word": "stupidità"
    },
    {
      "code": "kea",
      "lang": "Kabuverdianu",
      "sense": "thing or event that is foolish",
      "word": "jatura"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "thing or event that is foolish",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "stultitia"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "thing or event that is foolish",
      "word": "muļķība"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "thing or event that is foolish",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "neprātība"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "thing or event that is foolish",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "dumjība"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "glúpost",
      "sense": "thing or event that is foolish",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "глу́пост"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "thing or event that is foolish",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "głupota"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "thing or event that is foolish",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "tolice"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "glúpostʹ",
      "sense": "thing or event that is foolish",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "глу́пость"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "thing or event that is foolish",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "amaideas"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "thing or event that is foolish",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "sandez"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "thing or event that is foolish",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "tontería"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "foolishness"
  ],
  "word": "foolishness"
}

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