foolery
/ˈfuːləri
/noun [mass noun]
Silly or foolish behaviour: we endured his foolery all afternoon...
- There is silly foolery and there is heroic foolery, the Zeppelin-tinkerer explains.
- In William Shakespeare's comedy, Twelfth Night, Feste the clown is not the only fool who is subject to foolery.
- Puns, outlandish narrative detours and other foolery are wildly evident in Milligan's scripts.
Synonyms
clowning, fooling, tomfoolery, hoaxing, mischief, buffoonery, silliness, silly behaviour, skylarking, horseplay;
antics, capers, practical jokes, pranks;
foolishness, stupidity, idiocy
informal larking around, larks, shenanigans
British informal monkey tricks
North American informal didoes
archaic harlequinade
