1 a building in the form of a small castle, temple, etc., that has been built as a decoration in a large garden or park:
2 the condition of being foolish, or a foolish action or belief:
[ + to infinitive ] It would be folly to attempt a trip in this snowstorm.
I could rehearse these follies until the hour of midnight, if that were permitted.
They commit many stupidities and follies and many errors in psychology.
We can be too often taken too seriously in describing our follies.
The old follies have been cured, but all human beings possessing money have not been made sensible and benevolent.
What we are discussing today is the third and final instalment of that three-year correction of the follies of our predecessors.
We are paying for the mistakes of past follies.
We share his rejection of the follies of protectionism, most of all for a country that depends as heavily as we do on international policies.
The whole of our export trade push may be ruined by follies done in connection with other parts of the war effort.
