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   folly

   /ˈfɒli/

   noun

   • 1. lack of good sense; foolishness: "an act of sheer folly"
   • ▪ a foolish act, idea, or practice: "the follies of youth"
   • 2. a costly ornamental building with no practical purpose, especially a tower or mock-Gothic ruin built in a large garden or park.
   • 3. a theatrical revue with glamorous female performers: "the Ziegfeld Follies"

   Word Origin Middle English: from Old French folie ‘madness’, in modern French also ‘delight, favourite dwelling’ (compare with folly (sense 2)), from fol ‘fool, foolish’.

   Scrabble Points: 11

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