Associations to the word «Folly»

Wiktionary

FOLLY, noun. Foolishness.
FOLLY, noun. Thoughtless action resulting in tragic consequence.
FOLLY, noun. A fanciful building built for purely ornamental reasons.

Dictionary definition

FOLLY, noun. The trait of acting stupidly or rashly.
FOLLY, noun. A stupid mistake.
FOLLY, noun. The quality of being rash and foolish; "trying to drive through a blizzard is the height of folly"; "adjusting to an insane society is total foolishness".
FOLLY, noun. Foolish or senseless behavior.

Wise words

Words, words, words! They shut one off from the universe. Three quarters of the time one's never in contact with things, only with the beastly words that stand for them.
Aldous Huxley