Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary - folly
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(follies) 1. If you say that a particular action or way of behaving is folly or a folly, you mean that it is foolish. It’s sheer folly to build nuclear power stations in a country that has dozens of earthquakes every year. N-VAR: oft N of n/-ing, it v-link N to-inf 2. A folly is a small tower or other unusual building that is built as a decoration in a large garden or park, especially in Britain in former times. N-COUNT
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noun (plural follies) Etymology: Middle English folie, from Anglo-French, from fol fool Date: 13th century 1. lack of good sense or normal prudence and foresight 2. a. criminally or tragically foolish actions or conduct b. obsolete evil, wickedness; especially lewd behavior 3. a foolish act or idea 4. an excessively costly or unprofitable undertaking 5. an often extravagant picturesque building erected to suit a fanciful taste ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
2.
n. (pl. -ies) 1 foolishness; lack of good sense. 2 a foolish act, behaviour, idea, etc. 3 an ornamental building, usu. a tower or mock Gothic ruin. 4 (in pl.) Theatr. a a revue with glamorous female performers, esp. scantily-clad. b the performers. Etymology: ME f. OF folie f. fol mad, FOOL(1) ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
3.
1. глупость, безрассудство; безумие 2. глупый, безрассудный поступок what you propose is sheer folly! —- ваше предложение - чистое безумие! to pay for one's folly —- расплачиваться за собственное безрассудство 3. прихоть, каприз, причуда follies of fashion —- причуды моды 4. архит. искусственные руины (парковое украшение); причудливо украшенная беседка ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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noun 1) глупость; недомыслие; безрассудство; безумие 2) глупый поступок; дорого стоящий каприз ...Англо-русский словарь
5.
~ n 1 formal a very stupid thing to do, especially one that is likely to have serious results (it would be folly to do sth) (It would be sheer folly to reduce spending on health education. | the folly of) (a writer who satirized the follies of aristocratic society) 2 an unusual building that was built in former times as a decoration, not to be used or lived in ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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- 12c., from O.Fr. folie, from fol (see fool). Sense of "costly structure considered to have shown folly in the builder" is attested from 1654. ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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