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folly
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[ˈfɒli], (Noun)
Definitions:
- lack of good sense; foolishness
(e.g: an act of sheer folly)
- a costly ornamental building with no practical purpose, especially a tower or mock-Gothic ruin built in a large garden or park
- a theatrical revue with glamorous female performers
(e.g: the Ziegfeld Follies)
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Origin
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Middle English: from Old French folie ‘madness’, in modern French also ‘delight, favourite dwelling’ (compare with folly), from fol ‘fool, foolish’
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