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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

FOOL'ISHNESS, n.
1. Folly; want of understanding.
2. Foolish practice; want of wisdom or good judgment.
3. In a scriptural sense, absurdity; folly.
The preaching of the cross is to them that perish foolishness. 1 Corinthians 1.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: the trait of acting stupidly or rashly [syn: folly, foolishness, unwiseness] [ant: wisdom, wiseness]
2: the quality of being rash and foolish; "trying to drive through a blizzard is the height of folly"; "adjusting to an insane society is total foolishness" [syn: folly, foolishness, craziness, madness]
3: a stupid mistake [syn: stupidity, betise, folly, foolishness, imbecility]

Merriam Webster's

noun Date: 15th century 1. foolish behavior 2. a foolish act or idea

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Foolishness Fool"ish*ness, n. 1. The quality of being foolish. 2. A foolish practice; an absurdity. The preaching of the cross is to them that perish foolishness. --1 Cor. i. 18.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

see foolish

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

n. 1. Folly, silliness, imbecility, stupidity, fatuity, shallowness, dulness, doltishness. 2. Absurdity, extravagance, nonsense, imprudence, indiscretion. 3. Puerility, childishness, triviality.

Moby Thesaurus

Urdummheit, absurdity, absurdness, big deal, blank mind, blankmindedness, blankness, brainlessness, bull, bunk, calm of mind, craziness, devilishness, devilment, devilry, deviltry, dottiness, elfishness, emptiness, emptiness of mind, empty-headedness, fallow mind, fatuity, flightiness, flimsiness, folly, frivolity, frivolousness, futility, giddiness, high spirits, idleness, ignorance, impishness, impracticality, imprudence, inanity, incapacity, indiscretion, ineptitude, injudiciousness, insanity, insensibility, irrationality, lackbrainedness, lackwittedness, levity, lightness, low IQ, ludicrousness, lunacy, mental blankness, mental weakness, mercuriality, mindlessness, mischief, mischievousness, nirvana, nonsense, nugacity, oblivion, passivity, playfulness, prankishness, pranksomeness, preposterousness, primal stupidity, puckishness, quietism, reasonlessness, ridiculousness, roguery, roguishness, scampishness, senselessness, shallowness, silliness, slackmindedness, slackwittedness, slenderness, slightness, sportiveness, superficiality, tabula rasa, thoughtfreeness, thoughtlessness, tranquillity, triflingness, triteness, triviality, trivialness, unintellectuality, unintelligence, unreasonableness, unwisdom, unwiseness, vacancy, vacuity, vanity, vapidity, volatility, waggery, waggishness, witlessness, youthful spirits





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