-l(ə)rē, -ri noun
( -es )
1. : the habit or practice of folly or fooling : the behavior of a fool : absurdity
folly in fools bears not so strong a note, as foolery in the wise, when wit doth dote — Shakespeare
2. : an act of folly or fooling : a foolish, absurd, or nonsensical performance, utterance, or belief
the solemn foolery of scholarship for scholarship's sake — Aldous Huxley