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foolishnesses

foolishnesses is the plural of foolishness.

Meaning of foolishness

Noun

foolishness (countable and uncountable, plural foolishnesses)

  1. (uncountable) The state of being foolish.
    • On page 297 [“Queens Not Balled Thru Robbers”], that quotation from a foreign bee-paper, about the foolishness of thinking that robber-bees ball a queen, is probably all right in the main. Robbers are indeed there for honey—not for reginacide—but perchance no one interferes, and after awhile the...1900 June 14, E. E. Hasty, “The Afterthought: The ‘Old Reliable’ seen thru New and Unreliable Glasses”, in George W. York, editor, American Bee Journal, 40th year, number 24, Chicago, Ill....
  2. (countable) A thing or event that is foolish, or an absurdity.

Questions about foolishnesses

What is foolishnesses the plural of?
Foolishnesses is the plural of foolishness.

Words near foolishnesses in the dictionary

  1. foolishest
  2. foolishly
  3. foolishment
  4. foolishments
  5. foolishness
  6. foolishnesses
  7. foollike
  8. foolocracies
  9. foolocracy
  10. foolometer
  11. foolometers

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