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Word: Folly
Speech Type: Noun
Middle English: from Old French folie ‘madness’, in modern French also ‘delight, favourite dwelling’ (compare with folly (sense 2)), from fol ‘fool, foolish’
ˈfɒli
lack of good sense; foolishness
Short Definition:foolishness
Examples:- 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.
Short Definition:costly ornamental building without practical purpose
a theatrical revue with glamorous female performers
Short Definition:theatrical revue
Examples:- the Ziegfeld Follies
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