We found 36 dictionaries that define the word
folly:
General (29 matching dictionaries)
- folly: Merriam-Webster
- folly: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
- folly: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
- folly: Collins English Dictionary
- folly: Vocabulary.com
- Folly, folly: Wordnik
- folly: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
- folly: Wiktionary
- folly: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
- folly: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
- folly: Infoplease Dictionary
- Folly, folly: Dictionary.com
- folly: Online Etymology Dictionary
- folly: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
- Folly (allegory), Folly (band), Folly (disambiguation), Folly: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
- Folly: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
- folly: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
- folly: Rhymezone
- folly: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
- folly: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
- Folly: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898)
- folly: FreeDictionary.org
- folly: Mnemonic Dictionary
- Folly: The Word Detective
- folly: TheFreeDictionary.com
- folly: Wikimedia Commons US English Pronunciations
- folly: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Business (1 matching dictionary)
- folly: Legal dictionary
Computing (1 matching dictionary)
- folly: Encyclopedia
Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
- online medical dictionary (No longer online)
Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
- folly: Idioms
Science (1 matching dictionary)
- Botanical Terms (No longer online)
Slang (1 matching dictionary)
- folly: Urban Dictionary
Tech (1 matching dictionary)
- Urban Conservation Glossary (No longer online)
(Note: See
follies as well.)
▸ noun: Foolishness that results from a lack of foresight or lack of practicality.
▸ noun: Thoughtless action resulting in tragic consequence.
▸ noun: (architecture) A fanciful building built for purely ornamental reasons.
▸ verb: (dialectal) To follow.
▸ noun: (largely obsolete outside place names) A clump of trees, particularly one on the crest of a hill (or sometimes on a stretch of open ground).
stupidity,
foolishness,
imbecility,
foolery,
craziness,
tomfoolery,
indulgence,
unwiseness,
betise,
foolishment,
more...
own,
such,
human,
great,
sheer,
mere,
utter,
criminal,
youthful,
extreme,
pure
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