IN PRAISE OF FOLLY

Meaning of IN PRAISE OF FOLLY in English

(Latin, Moriae Encomium ), a prose satire (1509) by Erasmus, written in Latin and directed against theologians and church dignitaries.

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FOLLY — County: Dorset Post Code: DT2
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FOLLY — follie, stultie, stultesse
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FOLLY — kabuang
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FOLLY — noun (plural follies) Etymology: Middle English folie, from Anglo-French, from fol fool Date: 13th century lack of good sense or …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
FOLLY — In architecture, an eccentric, generally nonfunctional (and often deliberately unfinished) structure erected to enhance a romantic landscape. Follies were particularly …
Английский словарь Британика
PRAISE — I. ˈprāz verb ( -ed/-ing/-s ) Etymology: Middle English preisen, praisen, from Middle French preisier to prize, value, praise, from …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
IN — I. (|)in, ən; usu ə n after t, d, s, or z as in “split in two”, often ə m …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
FOLLY — ˈfälē, -li noun ( -es ) Etymology: Middle English folie, from Old French, from fol foolish, mad + -ie -y …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
PRAISE — (v.) The object, ground, or reason of praise.
Английский словарь Webster
PRAISE — (v.) Especially, the joyful tribute of gratitude or homage rendered to the Divine Being; the act of glorifying or extolling …
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FOLLY — (n.) The result of a foolish action or enterprise.
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FOLLY — (n.) Scandalous crime; sin; specifically, as applied to a woman, wantonness.
Английский словарь Webster
FOLLY — (n.) A foolish act; an inconsiderate or thoughtless procedure; weak or light-minded conduct; foolery.
Английский словарь Webster
FOLLY — (n.) The state of being foolish; want of good sense; levity, weakness, or derangement of mind.
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PRAISE — ( v. ) The object, ground, or reason of praise.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
PRAISE — — praiseful , adj. — praisefully , adv. — praiseless , adj. — praiser , n. /prayz/ , n. , …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
FOLLY — /fol"ee/ , n. , pl. follies for 2-6. 1. the state or quality of being foolish; lack of understanding or …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
FOLLY — n. stupidity, foolishness; nonsense, foolish action
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
FOLLY — noun ( plural follies ) Etymology: Middle English folie, from Anglo-French, from fol fool Date: 13th century 1. : lack …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
PRAISE — v the object, ground, or reason of praise. 2. praise ·v to value; to appraise. 3. praise ·v commendation for …
Webster English vocab
FOLLY — noun the result of a foolish action or enterprise. 2. folly ·noun scandalous crime; sin; specifically, as applied to a …
Webster English vocab
FOLLY — ■ noun ( plural follies ) 1》 foolishness. 2》 an ornamental building with no practical purpose, especially a tower or …
Concise Oxford English vocab
PRAISE — [praise] vb praised ; prais.ing [ME, fr. OF preisier to prize, praise, fr. LL pretiare to prize, fr. L pretium …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
FOLLY — (from French folie, foolishness), also called Eyecatcher, in architecture, a costly, generally nonfunctional building that was erected to enhance a …
Britannica English vocabulary
PRAISE — / preɪz; NAmE / noun , verb ■ noun [ U ] 1. (also less frequent praises [ pl. ]) …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
FOLLY — / ˈfɒli; NAmE ˈfɑːli/ noun ( pl. -ies ) 1. [ U , C ] folly (to do sth) a …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
PRAISE — I. praise 1 /preɪz/ BrE AmE verb [transitive] [ Date: 1200-1300 ; Language: Old French ; Origin: preisier , from …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
FOLLY — fol ‧ ly /ˈfɒli $ ˈfɑːli/ BrE AmE noun ( plural follies ) [ Date: 1200-1300 ; Language: Old French …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
PRAISE — v. & n. --v.tr. 1 express warm approval or admiration of. 2 glorify (God) in words. --n. the act or …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
PRAISE — v. & n. v.tr. 1 express warm approval or admiration of. 2 glorify (God) in words. n. the act or …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
PRAISE — v. & n. --v.tr. 1. express warm approval or admiration of. 2 glorify (God) in words. --n. the act or …
Oxford English vocab
PRAISE — ( praises, praising, praised) Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. 1. If you …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
FOLLY — ( follies) 1. If you say that a particular action or way of behaving is folly or a folly , …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
PRAISE — (~s, praising, ~d) Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. 1. If you ~ …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
PRAISE — I. verb COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a critic praises sth ▪ The play was highly praised by critics and the …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
FOLLY — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ ADJECTIVE human ▪ He's become the pastor of our class, versed in all the range …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
FOLLY — (STUPIDITY) [noun] - stupidity, or a stupid action, idea, etc.She said that the idea was folly. [U]It would be folly …
Cambridge English vocab
PRAISE — Synonyms and related words : acclaim, acclamation, accolade, acknowledgment, adoration, adore, adulate, adulation, aggrandize, apotheosis, apotheosize, applaud, applause, approbation, approval, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
FOLLY — Synonyms and related words : absurdity, absurdness, act of folly, asininity, battiness, blunder, brainlessness, buffoonery, clownishness, crackpottedness, crankiness, craziness, daffiness, …
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PRAISE — I. noun ADJECTIVE ▪ considerable , effusive , extravagant , fulsome , glowing , great , high , lavish , …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
FOLLY — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ pure , sheer ▪ ultimate ▪ youthful ▪ human ▪ economic , political VERB + FOLLY ▪ …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
PRAISE — INDEX: 1. to praise someone or something 2. to praise someone or something a lot 3. to be praised in …
Longman Activator English vocab
PRAISE — See ↑ PRAISE 1,5 ◆◆◆ • ↑ be full of praise for • ↑ heap/lavish praise on
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PRAISE — n. 25B6; verb the police praised Pauline for her courage : COMMEND, express admiration for, applaud, pay tribute to, speak …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
PRAISE — n. 1 acclaim, approval, approbation, applause, plaudits, kudos, endorsement, acclamation, tribute, accolade, compliments, commendation, encomium, eulogy, panegyric, ovation Sheila has …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
FOLLY — n. 1 foolishness, nonsense, absurdity, daftness, silliness, preposterousness, absurdness, senselessness, fatuousness, fatuity, rashness, stupidity, asininity, inanity, nonsensicalness, idiocy, imbecility, irrationality, …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
PRAISE — 1. сущ. (по)хвала; восхваление beyond praise ≈ выше всякой похвалы to be loud in one's praises, to sing one's praises …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
FOLLY — сущ. 1) а) неосмотрительность, недальновидность, непредусмотрительность; глупость; недомыслие б) глупый поступок или идея; безрассудный поступок или поведение It was folly …
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PRAISE — praise.ogg 1. preız n 1. похвала beyond praise - выше всякой похвалы to be worthy of great praise - быть …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
IN — in.ogg 1. ın n 1. 1> (the ins) pl парл. разг. политическая партия, находящаяся у власти см. тж. 2> обыкн. …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
FOLLY — folly.ogg _I ʹfɒlı n 1. глупость, безрассудство; безумие 2. 1> глупый, безрассудный поступок what you propose is sheer folly! - …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
PRAISE — praise сущ.(по)хвала; восхваление beyond praise — выше всякой похвалы to be loud in one's praises, to sing one's praises — …
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
FOLLY — folly сущ.1) а) неосмотрительность, недальновидность, непредусмотрительность; глупость; недомыслие б) глупый поступок или идея; безрассудный поступок или поведение It was folly …
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
PRAISE — 1. preız n 1. похвала beyond praise - выше всякой похвалы to be worthy of great praise - быть достойным …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
IN — 1. ın n 1. 1> (the ins) pl парл. разг. политическая партия, находящаяся у власти см. тж. 2> обыкн. pl …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
FOLLY — _I ʹfɒlı n 1. глупость, безрассудство; безумие 2. 1> глупый, безрассудный поступок what you propose is sheer folly! - ваше …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
PRAISE — 1. сущ. (по)хвала; восхваление beyond praise — выше всякой похвалы to be loud in one's praises, to sing one's praises …
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
FOLLY — сущ. 1) а) неосмотрительность, недальновидность, непредусмотрительность; глупость; недомыслие б) глупый поступок или идея; безрассудный поступок или поведение It was folly …
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
PRAISE — 1. сущ. (по)хвала; восхваление beyond praise — выше всякой похвалы to be loud in one's praises, to sing one's praises — восхвалять to earn …
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
FOLLY — сущ. 1) а) неосмотрительность, недальновидность, непредусмотрительность; глупость; недомыслие б) глупый поступок или идея; безрассудный поступок или поведение It was folly to persist. — Было …
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
PRAISE — 1. _n. (по)хвала; восхваление; beyond praise - выше всякой похвалы; to be loud in one's praises, to sing one's praises …
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PRAISE — 1. n. (по)хвала; восхваление; beyond praise - выше всякой похвалы; to be loud in one's praises, to sing one's praises …
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PRAISE — 1. _n. похвала; восхваление; beyond praise выше всякой похвалы; to be loud in one's praises, to sing one's praises восхвалять …
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера
PRAISE — 1. сущ. (по)хвала; восхваление beyond praise ≈ выше всякой похвалы to be loud in one's praises, to sing one's praises …
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