Usually means: Impractical, extravagant structures or actions.
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  1. follies: Merriam-Webster
  2. Follies, follies: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. follies: Collins English Dictionary
  4. follies: Vocabulary.com
  5. Follies, follies: Wordnik
  6. follies: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  7. follies: Wiktionary
  8. follies: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  9. Follies, follies: Dictionary.com
  10. Follies (disambiguation), Follies: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  11. Follies: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  12. follies: Rhymezone
  13. Follies: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  14. follies: FreeDictionary.org
  15. follies: Mnemonic Dictionary
  16. follies: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. follies: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. follies: Encyclopedia

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Follies: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (follies)

▸ noun:  (uncountable) A lavishly-produced theatrical revue characterized by major stars, huge casts, and opulent costumes and scenery.

Similar:
fabulous invalid, supermusical, pomp, spectacle, spectacularism, superconcert, triumph, superspectacle, pomp and circumstance, supershow, more...

Opposite:
wisdom, prudence, sagacity, soundness

Types:
extravagance, vanity, showiness, ostentation, pomp, more...

Phrases:
Ziegfeld Follies, Titicut Follies, Ice Follies, The Will Rogers Follies, Feline Follies, more...

Adjectives:
such, own, many, youthful, human, past, fashionable, former, greatest, childish, similar



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Similar:
fabulous invalid, supermusical, pomp, spectacle, spectacularism, superconcert, triumph, superspectacle, pomp and circumstance, supershow, more...

Opposite:
wisdom, prudence, sagacity, soundness

Types:
extravagance, vanity, showiness, ostentation, pomp, more...

Phrases:
Ziegfeld Follies, Titicut Follies, Ice Follies, The Will Rogers Follies, Feline Follies, Rock Follies, Our Gang Follies of 1938, D.C. Follies, more...

Adjectives:
such, own, many, youthful, human, past, fashionable, former, greatest, childish, similar



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