foolery
/ˈfuːləɹi/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.96 in modern English
13
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
3
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "So from that tyme forwarde I began to ſmell the word of god, and forſoke the ſchole doctors and ſuch foolries."
- "Foolery, sir, does walk about the orb like the sun, it shines every where."
- "A wantonneſſe in wealth, methinks I agree not with, / Tis ſuch a trouble to be married too, / And have a thouſand things of great importance, / Jewells and plates, and fooleries moleſt mee, / To have a mans brains whimſied with his wealth: […]"
- "Tradesmen and clerks, with fashionable novel-reading families, and circulating-library-subscribing daughters, get up small assemblies in humble imitation of Almack’s, and promenade the dingy ‘large room’ of some second-rate hotel with as much complacency as the enviable few who are privileged to exhibit their magnificence in that exclusive haunt of fashion and foolery."
- "Though you think, maybe, young men can do their fill of foolery and there is none to blame them."
- "He […] hurried off to the Centre, took part in the solemn foolery of a 'discussion group' […]"