Definitions
foolish or senseless behavior
Word origin
Inherited from Middle English folie, from Old French folie (“madness”), from the adjective fol (“mad, insane”).
Used in a sentence
“It would be folly to walk all that way, knowing the shops are probably shut by now.”
“With the voices singing in our ears, saying That this was all folly.”
“The purchase of Alaska from Russia was termed Seward's folly.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer2 curated clues
01“Lack of good sense”5 letters
02“Foolish action”5 letters
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