folly
/ˈfɑli/ noun C2- A clump of trees, particularly one on the crest of a hill (or sometimes on a stretch of open ground).
Plural follies
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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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