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# thoughtless action resulting in tragic consequence # thoughtless action resulting in tragic consequence
#:''This is a war of '''folly'''.'' #:''This is a war of '''folly'''.''
-# a fanciful building built for purely ornamental reasons. +# a fanciful building built for purely [[ornament]]al reasons.
#:See [[folly (architecture)]]{{GFDL}} #:See [[folly (architecture)]]{{GFDL}}

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  1. foolishness
    The purchase of Alaska from Russia was termed Seward's folly.
  2. thoughtless action resulting in tragic consequence
    This is a war of folly.
  3. a fanciful building built for purely ornamental reasons.
    See folly (architecture)


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