2 definitions found
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Foolery \Fool"er*y\, n.; pl {Fooleries}.
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. 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.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
foolery
n : foolish or senseless behavior [syn: {folly}, {tomfoolery}, {indulgence}]
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