Hypertext Webster Gateway: "foolishness"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
foolishness
n 1: the trait of acting stupidly or rashly [syn: {folly}, {unwiseness}]
[ant: {wisdom}]
2: the quality of being rash and foolish [syn: {folly}, {craziness}]
3: a stupid mistake [syn: {stupidity}, {betise}, {folly}, {imbecility}]
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