folly

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. isim Foolishness that results from a lack of foresight or lack of practicality.

   “It would be folly to walk all that way, knowing the shops are probably shut by now.”

2. isim Thoughtless action resulting in tragic consequence.

   “The purchase of Alaska from Russia was termed Seward's folly.”

3. isim A fanciful building built for purely ornamental reasons.

   “A luncheonette in the shape of a coffee cup is particularly conspicuous, as is intended of an architectural duck or folly.”

4. fiil To follow.

   “"You got any money?" he said to me. ¶ "Hell no, maybe enough for a pint of whisky till I get to Denver. What about you?" ¶ "I know where I can get some." ¶ "Where?" "Anywhere. You can always folly a man down an alley, can't you?"”

5. isim A clump of trees, particularly one on the crest of a hill (or sometimes on a stretch of open ground).

   “'Every hill seems to have a Folly' [...] 'I mean a clump of trees on the top.'”