foolishness

Words with a similar base: foolishness

'foolishness'

[folly.n.01] as in: the trait of acting stupidly or rashly

'foolishness'

[folly.n.03] as in: the quality of being rash and foolish

Examples:
trying to drive through a blizzard is the height of folly
adjusting to an insane society is total foolishness

'foolishness'

[stupidity.n.02] as in: a stupid mistake

Origins

					foolishness (English)
├── -ness (English)
└── foolish (English)
    ├── -ish (English)
    │   └── -ish (Middle English (1100-1500))
    └── fool (English)
        └── fol (Middle English (1100-1500))
            └── fol (Old French (842-ca. 1400))
                └── follis (Latin)

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