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- | # [[foolishness]] | + | '''Folly''' is an instance of [[foolishness]] or a thoughtless action resulting in tragic consequence. |
- | #:''The purchase of Alaska from Russia was termed Seward's [[folly]].'' | + | |
- | # thoughtless action resulting in tragic consequence | + | It can also refer to a fanciful building built for purely [[ornament]]al reasons (see [[folly (architecture)]]). |
- | #:''This is a war of '''folly'''.'' | + | ==Etymology== |
- | # a fanciful building built for purely ornamental reasons. | + | From Old French, ''[[fou|fol]]'' (“[[foolish]]”), ultimately from Latin ''[[follis]]''. |
- | #:See [[folly (architecture)]]{{GFDL}} | + | ==See also== |
+ | *[[Folie]] | ||
+ | *[[Folly (allegory)]] | ||
+ | *[[Folly (architecture)]] | ||
+ | *''[[Venus, Cupid, Folly and Time]]'' (c.1545), a painting by Agnolo Bronzino | ||
+ | *''[[The Praise of Folly]]'' by Erasmus, a satirical work of [[Renaissance literature]]. | ||
+ | *[[Hans Holbein's witty marginal drawing of Folly]] | ||
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Folly is an instance of foolishness or a thoughtless action resulting in tragic consequence.
It can also refer to a fanciful building built for purely ornamental reasons (see folly (architecture)).
Etymology
From Old French, fol (“foolish”), ultimately from Latin follis.
See also
- Folie
- Folly (allegory)
- Folly (architecture)
- Venus, Cupid, Folly and Time (c.1545), a painting by Agnolo Bronzino
- The Praise of Folly by Erasmus, a satirical work of Renaissance literature.
- Hans Holbein's witty marginal drawing of Folly
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