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ลองค้นหาคำในรูปแบบอื่น ๆ เพื่อให้ได้ผลลัพธ์มากขึ้นหรือน้อยลง: -foolery-, *foolery*
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English-Thai: HOPE Dictionary [with local updates]
foolery(ฟูล'ละรี) n. พฤติการณ์ที่โง่ ๆ

English-Thai: Nontri Dictionary
foolery(n) การกระทำแบบโง่ๆ, การเล่นตลก

The Collaborative International Dictionary of English (GCIDE) v.0.53
Fooleryn.; pl. Fooleries 1. The practice of folly; the behavior of a fool; foolish behavior; absurdity. [ 1913 Webster ]

Folly in fools bears not so strong a note,
As foolery in the wise, when wit doth dote. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. An act of folly or weakness; a foolish practice; something absurd or nonsensical. [ 1913 Webster ]

That Pythagoras, Plato, or Orpheus, believed in any of these fooleries, it can not be suspected. Sir W. Raleigh. [ 1913 Webster ]

WordNet (3.0)
folly(n) foolish or senseless behavior, Syn. indulgence, lunacy, tomfoolery, foolery, craziness

CMU English Pronouncing Dictionary Dictionary [with local updates]
foolery

Oxford Advanced Learners Dictionary (pronunciation guide only)
foolery

German-English: TU-Chemnitz DING Dictionary
Dummheit { f } | Dummheiten { pl }foolery | fooleries [Add to Longdo]

Japanese-English: EDICT Dictionary
戯け;白痴[たわけ, tawake] (n) (1) (See 戯ける) tomfoolery; foolish act; nonsense; (2) (See 戯け者) fool; idiot [Add to Longdo]
馬鹿な真似[ばかなまね, bakanamane] (n) tomfoolery; monkey business [Add to Longdo]

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Foolery \Fool"er*y\, n.; pl. {Fooleries}.
     1. The practice of folly; the behavior of a fool; foolish
        behavior; absurdity.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              Folly in fools bears not so strong a note,
              As foolery in the wise, when wit doth dote. --Shak.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. An act of folly or weakness; a foolish practice; something
        absurd or nonsensical.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              That Pythagoras, Plato, or Orpheus, believed in any
              of these fooleries, it can not be suspected. --Sir
                                                    W. Raleigh.
        [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  foolery
      n 1: foolish or senseless behavior [syn: {folly}, {foolery},
           {tomfoolery}, {craziness}, {lunacy}, {indulgence}]

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