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词汇 foolery
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Definition of foolery in English:

foolery

nounˈfuːləriˈfuləri
mass noun
  • Silly or foolish behaviour.

    蠢举,蠢事

    we endured his foolery all afternoon
    Example sentencesExamples
    • For all its appearance of foolery, then, play is serious business that does not mask unpleasant realities hidden by ritual.
    • I coolly laughed and tried to place a simple mask of foolery on my face.
    • In William Shakespeare's comedy, Twelfth Night, Feste the clown is not the only fool who is subject to foolery.
    • Caring for her kingdom had taught Aluvia a new kind of love that made her infatuation with Gadi foolery.
    • The masters of this sort of visual foolery are of course the people who post here.
    • Admittedly, he plays the baddy, a doctor sent into the asylum to sort things out - i.e. curb this reckless artistic foolery.
    • There's much foolery among them, but it's very difficult to fool the Vatican.
    • Puns, outlandish narrative detours and other foolery are wildly evident in Milligan's scripts.
    • ‘Clearly,’ he wrote, ‘all such pieces of foolery will pass away as quickly as they have appeared.’
    • Ivan could think of no other explanation for such foolery.
    • Looking back, she felt nothing but foolery and cursed herself for such immature motives.
    • It could all turn out to be little more than a little pre-election April foolery, of course.
    • But we'll save some of my foolery for the intermission.
    • On a former teacher's advice, he reads Flaubert's Bouvard and Pecuchet, which was the last word on this sort of foolery.
    • There is silly foolery and there is heroic foolery, the Zeppelin-tinkerer explains.
    • My smoking is stupid of course, but that's my damn foolery and none of the General's business.
    • In the end, even his holy foolery seems more glib than wise.
    • There's to be no biting, kicking, rearing or foolery, understand?
    • In years gone by, entire summers could pass with barely a glimpse of flannelled foolery on the back pages of the tabloids.
    • I'll not have you poison this vessel with your foolery and slubbering.
    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

Rhymes

tomfoolery

Definition of foolery in US English:

foolery

nounˈfo͞olərēˈfuləri
  • Silly or foolish behavior.

    蠢举,蠢事

    we endured his foolery all afternoon
    Example sentencesExamples
    • In the end, even his holy foolery seems more glib than wise.
    • Puns, outlandish narrative detours and other foolery are wildly evident in Milligan's scripts.
    • In William Shakespeare's comedy, Twelfth Night, Feste the clown is not the only fool who is subject to foolery.
    • It could all turn out to be little more than a little pre-election April foolery, of course.
    • On a former teacher's advice, he reads Flaubert's Bouvard and Pecuchet, which was the last word on this sort of foolery.
    • In years gone by, entire summers could pass with barely a glimpse of flannelled foolery on the back pages of the tabloids.
    • Looking back, she felt nothing but foolery and cursed herself for such immature motives.
    • There's to be no biting, kicking, rearing or foolery, understand?
    • Admittedly, he plays the baddy, a doctor sent into the asylum to sort things out - i.e. curb this reckless artistic foolery.
    • Caring for her kingdom had taught Aluvia a new kind of love that made her infatuation with Gadi foolery.
    • ‘Clearly,’ he wrote, ‘all such pieces of foolery will pass away as quickly as they have appeared.’
    • There is silly foolery and there is heroic foolery, the Zeppelin-tinkerer explains.
    • The masters of this sort of visual foolery are of course the people who post here.
    • But we'll save some of my foolery for the intermission.
    • I coolly laughed and tried to place a simple mask of foolery on my face.
    • Ivan could think of no other explanation for such foolery.
    • I'll not have you poison this vessel with your foolery and slubbering.
    • My smoking is stupid of course, but that's my damn foolery and none of the General's business.
    • For all its appearance of foolery, then, play is serious business that does not mask unpleasant realities hidden by ritual.
    • There's much foolery among them, but it's very difficult to fool the Vatican.
    Synonyms
    clowning, fooling, tomfoolery, hoaxing, mischief, buffoonery, silliness, silly behaviour, skylarking, horseplay
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