English-Thai Dictionary

foolery

N คำพูด หรือ การกระทำ ที่ ดู โง่ 

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

FOOLERY

n. 1. The practice of folly; habitual folly; attention to trifles.
2. An act of folly or weakness.
3. Object of folly.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

FOOLERY

Fool "er *y, n.; pl. Fooleries (.

 

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.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

foolery

fool er y |ˈfo͞olərē ˈfuləri | ▶noun silly or foolish behavior.

 

Oxford Dictionary

foolery

fool |ery |ˈfuːləri | ▶noun [ mass noun ] silly or foolish behaviour.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

foolery

foolery noun the foolery in this dormitory has gotten out of hand: clowning, fooling, tomfoolery, buffoonery, silliness, foolishness, stupidity, idiocy; antics, capers; informal larks, shenanigans, didoes; archaic harlequinade.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

foolery

foolery noun we had to endure his foolery all afternoon: clowning, fooling, tomfoolery, hoaxing, mischief, buffoonery, silliness, silly behaviour, skylarking, horseplay; antics, capers, practical jokes, pranks; foolishness, stupidity, idiocy; informal larking around, larks, shenanigans; Brit. informal monkey tricks; N. Amer. informal didoes; archaic harlequinade.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

foolery

fool er y /fúːl (ə )ri /名詞 複 -ies U 愚かなふるまい ; C 〖通例 -ies 〗愚かな行為 [考え, 言葉 ].