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fooleries

fooleries is the plural of foolery.

Meaning of foolery

Noun

foolery (countable and uncountable, plural fooleries)

  1. Foolish behaviour or speech.
    • So from that tyme forwarde I began to ſmell the word of god, and forſoke the ſchole doctors and ſuch foolries.1552, Hughe Latymer [i.e., Hugh Latimer], Augustine Bernher, compiler, “[The First Sermon]”, in Certayn Godly Sermons, Made uppon the Lords Prayer, […], London: […] John Day, […], published 1562...
    Synonyms:
    foolishness

Phrases with fooleries

Questions about fooleries

What is fooleries the plural of?
Fooleries is the plural of foolery.

Words near fooleries in the dictionary

  1. fooled up
  2. fooled with
  3. foolee
  4. foolees
  5. fooler
  6. fooleries
  7. foolers
  8. foolery
  9. fooles
  10. fooless
  11. foolesses

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