foolerynoun
uk/ˈfuː.lər.i/us/ˈfuː.lɚ.i/old-fashionedsilly behaviour
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Stupid and silly behaviour
- antics
- buffoon
- crazy
- fatuous
- folly
- foolish
- game
- imprudent
- kid
- lark
- ludicrous
- madness
- mindless
- mouth-breather
- silliness
- stupidity
- the games (that) people play idiom
- tomfoolery
- vacuous
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Examples from literature
- But in my opinion it is foolery, nothing else.
- The two old men chuckle at the foolery of the moment.
- The woman ceased from her mysterious foolery, and started tip-toeing toward the door.
- This is no time for foolery.
- We may now drop foolery, and converse like intelligent human beings.