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Entry 2 senses Webster, 1913

Foolery

/fo͞ol'-ẽr-ē/ · Fool·er·y · IPA /ˈfuːləɹi/
01 n. The practice of folly; the behavior of a fool; foolish behavior; absurdity.
pl. Fooleries
  1. 1.
    The practice of folly; the behavior of a fool; foolish behavior; absurdity.
    “Folly in fools bears not so strong a note, As foolery in the wise, when wit doth dote.” Shak.
  2. 2.
    An act of folly or weakness; a foolish practice; something absurd or nonsensical.
    “That Pythagoras, Plato, or Orpheus, believed in any of these fooleries, it can not be suspected.” Sir W. Raleigh.