FOOLERY

Source: 566, 567

foolery. Foolery, n. folly, habitual folly, mere nonsense

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Fool″er‐y (?), n.; pl. Fooleries (�). 1. 1. The practice of folly; the behavior of a fool; absurdity.
Folly in fools bears not so strong a note, As foolery in the wise, when wit doth dote. Shak. 2. 2. An act of folly or weakness; a foolish practice; something absurd or nonsensical.
That Pythagoras, Plato, or Orpheus, believed in any of these fooleries, it can not be suspected. Sir W. Raleigh.