folly
/ˈfɑli/ sustantivo B2En español: locura, insensatez, necedad, nesciencia
- Foolishness that results from a lack of foresight or lack of practicality. · It would be folly to walk all that way, knowing the shops are probably shut by now.
- Thoughtless action resulting in tragic consequence. · The purchase of Alaska from Russia was termed Seward's folly.
- A fanciful building built for purely ornamental reasons. · A luncheonette in the shape of a coffee cup is particularly conspicuous, as is intended of an architectural duck or folly.
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“Upon my word, child!” exclaimed the angry marquise, “your folly exceeds all bounds.
As Villefort observes, it is a great act of folly to have left such a man between Corsica, where he was born, and Naples, of which his brother-in-law is king, and face to face with Italy, the sovereignty of which he coveted for his son.”
The Governor then called a public assembly and addressed the citizens: “Of what folly have you been guilty?
Hence it is that when she appears they look to her as knowing all things, while she no longer gives them advice, but in solitude laments their past folly.
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