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The answer FOLLY has 62 possible clue(s) in existing crosswords.
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Definitions of folly in various dictionaries:
noun - the trait of acting stupidly or rashly
noun - a stupid mistake
noun - the quality of being rash and foolish
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| Possible Crossword Clues |
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| Imprudence |
| Unreason |
| Unwise undertaking |
| Imbecility |
| Misguided act |
| Huge mistake |
| Indiscretion |
| Madness |
| Seward's purchase, it was said |
| Absurd idea |
| Possible Jeopardy Clues |
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| Goldsmith rhymed, "When lovely woman stoops to" this, "What charm can soothe her melancholy?" |
| ...wisdom is this, like "Seward's" |
| Erasmus praised it in the title of a 1511 work |
| Thomas Gray wrote, "Where ignorance is bliss, 'tis" this "to be wise" |
| Possible Dictionary Clues |
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| a stupid mistake |
| foolish or senseless behavior |
| the trait of acting stupidly or rashly |
| An act or instance of foolishness: regretted the follies of his youth. |
| Obsolete Lewdness lasciviousness. |
| Obsolete Evil wickedness. |
| Obsolete Perilously or criminally foolish action. |
| An elaborate theatrical revue consisting of music, dance, and skits. |
| A costly undertaking having an absurd or ruinous outcome. |
| A lack of good sense, understanding, or foresight. |
| Geographic Matches |
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| Folly, VIRGINIA, UNITED STATES |
| Folly, Saint Ann, JAMAICA |
| Folly, Clarendon, JAMAICA |
| Folly description |
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In architecture, a folly is a building constructed primarily for decoration, but suggesting through its appearance some other purpose, or of such extravagant appearance that it transcends the range of garden ornaments usually associated with the class of buildings to which it belongs. * Eighteenth-century English gardens and French landscape gardening often featured mock Roman temples, symbolising classical virtues. Other 18th-century garden follies represented Chinese temples, Egyptian pyramids, ruined abbeys, or Tatar tents, to represent different continents or historical eras. Sometimes they represented rustic villages, mills, and cottages to symbolise rural virtues. Many follies, particularly during times of famine, such as the Irish potato famine, were built as a form of poor relief, to provide employment for peasants and unemployed artisans. * In English, the term began as "a popular name for any costly structure considered to have shown folly in the builder", the OED's definition, |