1. The practice of folly; the behavior of a fool; absurdity.
Folly in fools bears not so strong a note,
As foolery in the wise, when wit doth dote.
Shak. 2. An act of folly or weakness; a foolish practice; something absurd or nonsensical.
That Pythagoras, Plato, or Orpheus, believed in any of these fooleries, it can not be suspected.
Sir W.
Raleigh. Foolfish
(Fool"fish`) n. (Zoöl.) (a) The orange filefish. See Filefish. (b) The winter flounder. See
Flounder.
Fool-happy
(Fool"-hap`py) a. Lucky, without judgment or contrivance. [Obs.] Spenser.
Foolhardihood
(Fool"har`di*hood) n. The state of being foolhardy; foolhardiness.
Foolhardily
(Fool"har`di*ly), adv. In a foolhardy manner.
Foolhardiness
(Fool"har`di*ness), n. Courage without sense or judgment; foolish rashness; recklessness.
Dryden.
Foolhardise
(Fool"har`dise) n. [Fool, F. fol, fou + F. hardiesse boldness.] Foolhardiness. [Obs.]
Spenser.
Foolhardy
(Fool"har`dy) a. [OF. folhardi. See Fool idiot, and Hardy.] Daring without judgment; foolishly
adventurous and bold. Howell.
Syn. — Rash; venturesome; venturous; precipitate; reckless; headlong; incautious. See Rash.
Fool-hasty
(Fool"-has`ty) a. Foolishly hasty. [R.]
