fooleryn.

Brit.

/ˈfuːləri/, U.S.

/ˈfuləri/

Forms: 1500s–1600s foolerie, 1500s– foolery, 1600s follery.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: fool n.¹, -ery suffix.

Etymology: < fool n.¹ + -ery suffix. Compare later tomfoolery n.

1. An instance of foolish behaviour; a foolish or ridiculous belief, action, or thing.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > foolishness, folly > [noun] > action, behaviour > instance of

unwitc1175

foliota1250

follyc1300

unwisdom1303

foolishness?1506

fooling?1545

foppery1546

foolery1562

filly-folly1565

impertinency1588

impertinence1603

silliness1624

idiotism1647

noddary1647

fondness1653

ineptitude1656

sottise1673

insipidity1822

bêtise1827

foolishment1871

jackassery1873

funny business1882

1562 Certayn Serm. preached in Lincs. in H. Latimer 27 Serm. ii. f. 81^v It is not that [sc. ringing of belles] that wyll serue against the diuell: yet we haue beleued such fooleries in tymes past.

1589 W. Warner Albions Eng. (new ed.) vi. xxxi. 139 With..Fooleries more than few I courted her.

1676 tr. A. Thevet Prosopographia (new ed.) 80 in T. North tr. Plutarch Lives (new ed.) When they have turmoil'd themselves about such fooleries [sc. Horoscopes] a long time, they gain nothing thereby.

a1684 J. Evelyn Diary anno 1662 (1955) III. 307 I went to Lond: invited to the solemn foolerie of the Prince de la Grange at Lincolne Inn.

1772 Town & Country Mag. 125 The pleasing levities, and agreeable fooleries of a girl.

1830 Athenæum 16 Oct. Sèvres china, buhl cabinets, Indian fans, and other fooleries.

1997 Times Lit. Suppl. 22 Aug. 25/3 [He] earnestly hoped that his wild son's fooleries would be forgotten.

2. Foolishness; foolish or silly behaviour.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > foolishness, folly > [noun] > action, behaviour

ribaldyc1330

niceheada1475

simpleness?a1475

foolery1562

motley1575

foolationa1635

simples1637

nonsense1678

follying1818

boobery1829

spoonism1839

moonraking1846

lallygagging1868

bohunkus1918

twattery?1979

1562 Certayn Serm. preached in Lincs. in H. Latimer 27 Serm. ii. v. f. 103^v Peraduenture if we had this hemme, we wold make a great matter of it: which thing wer but foolery.

1579 E. Spenser Shepheardes Cal. Feb. f. 6^v But sike fansies weren foolerie.

1604 R. Parsons 3rd Pt. Treat. Conuersions in Treat. Three Conuersions Eng. II. vi. 271 Whether Fox may not beare away the bell for follery.

1725 I. Watts Logick iv. ii. Rule 3 It is mere foolery to multiply distinct particulars in treating of things.

1813 Sporting Mag. 41 227 The oddities and simple foolery of this man.

1920 R. A. Freeman Savant's Vendetta vi. 116 ‘Stop that foolery, Smith’, snarled the inspector.

2018 Daily Monitor (Kampala) (Nexis) 7 July That some bureau should instruct us on..how to run the day-to-day affairs of a spiritual organisation is foolery.

†3. With the. Fools as a class. Obsolete.Apparently an isolated use.

ΚΠ

1843 S. Smith Let. 19 Aug. in Lady Holland Mem. S. Smith (1855) II. 494 He knows how to disguise liberal ideas, and to make them less terrible to the Foolery of a country.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2020; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	foolery
释义	fooleryn. Brit. /ˈfuːləri/, U.S. /ˈfuləri/ Forms: 1500s–1600s foolerie, 1500s– foolery, 1600s follery. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: fool n.¹, -ery suffix. Etymology: < fool n.¹ + -ery suffix. Compare later tomfoolery n. 1. An instance of foolish behaviour; a foolish or ridiculous belief, action, or thing. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > foolishness, folly > [noun] > action, behaviour > instance of unwitc1175 foliota1250 follyc1300 unwisdom1303 foolishness?1506 fooling?1545 foppery1546 foolery1562 filly-folly1565 impertinency1588 impertinence1603 silliness1624 idiotism1647 noddary1647 fondness1653 ineptitude1656 sottise1673 insipidity1822 bêtise1827 foolishment1871 jackassery1873 funny business1882 1562 Certayn Serm. preached in Lincs. in H. Latimer 27 Serm. ii. f. 81^v It is not that [sc. ringing of belles] that wyll serue against the diuell: yet we haue beleued such fooleries in tymes past. 1589 W. Warner Albions Eng. (new ed.) vi. xxxi. 139 With..Fooleries more than few I courted her. 1676 tr. A. Thevet Prosopographia (new ed.) 80 in T. North tr. Plutarch Lives (new ed.) When they have turmoil'd themselves about such fooleries [sc. Horoscopes] a long time, they gain nothing thereby. a1684 J. Evelyn Diary anno 1662 (1955) III. 307 I went to Lond: invited to the solemn foolerie of the Prince de la Grange at Lincolne Inn. 1772 Town & Country Mag. 125 The pleasing levities, and agreeable fooleries of a girl. 1830 Athenæum 16 Oct. Sèvres china, buhl cabinets, Indian fans, and other fooleries. 1997 Times Lit. Suppl. 22 Aug. 25/3 [He] earnestly hoped that his wild son's fooleries would be forgotten. 2. Foolishness; foolish or silly behaviour. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > foolishness, folly > [noun] > action, behaviour ribaldyc1330 niceheada1475 simpleness?a1475 foolery1562 motley1575 foolationa1635 simples1637 nonsense1678 follying1818 boobery1829 spoonism1839 moonraking1846 lallygagging1868 bohunkus1918 twattery?1979 1562 Certayn Serm. preached in Lincs. in H. Latimer 27 Serm. ii. v. f. 103^v Peraduenture if we had this hemme, we wold make a great matter of it: which thing wer but foolery. 1579 E. Spenser Shepheardes Cal. Feb. f. 6^v But sike fansies weren foolerie. 1604 R. Parsons 3rd Pt. Treat. Conuersions in Treat. Three Conuersions Eng. II. vi. 271 Whether Fox may not beare away the bell for follery. 1725 I. Watts Logick iv. ii. Rule 3 It is mere foolery to multiply distinct particulars in treating of things. 1813 Sporting Mag. 41 227 The oddities and simple foolery of this man. 1920 R. A. Freeman Savant's Vendetta vi. 116 ‘Stop that foolery, Smith’, snarled the inspector. 2018 Daily Monitor (Kampala) (Nexis) 7 July That some bureau should instruct us on..how to run the day-to-day affairs of a spiritual organisation is foolery. †3. With the. Fools as a class. Obsolete.Apparently an isolated use. ΚΠ 1843 S. Smith Let. 19 Aug. in Lady Holland Mem. S. Smith (1855) II. 494 He knows how to disguise liberal ideas, and to make them less terrible to the Foolery of a country. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2020; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1562
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