Lack or absence of wisdom; ignorance, folly, stupidity.

Lack of counsel or wisdom; poor or misleading advice; folly, an instance of this. Obsolete (archaic in later use).

Foolish conduct or behaviour, silliness, frivolity.

Lack of wit or practical knowledge; ignorance; stupidity, folly.

folly.

Foolishness, folly.

= dusilec, n.

Foolishness or deficiency in understanding; lack of good sense. Also: unwise conduct.

folly.

Foolishness, folly.

Lack or absence of practical wisdom; foolishness, folly, imprudence.

Folly.

folly.

Ignorance; want of skill, knowledge, or good-breeding; foolishness. Obsolete.

Folly, stupidity; a foolish action. Obsolete.

Foolishness, folly. Obsolete.

Foolishness.

foolishness.

Folly, foolishness.

The quality of being insipient; lack of wisdom; unwisdom, foolishness.

Foolishness, folly; an instance of this; (also) †madness (obsolete). Now rare (English regional (Yorkshire) in later use).

Foolishness, witlessness. Obsolete.

folly.

foolishness.

folly.

Folly, foolishness.

foolishness, foolish behaviour.

Folly, foolish conduct. Cf. nice, adj. 1.

foolishness.

Folly.

foolishness, madness.

foolishness.

Foolishness, imbecility, stupidity, folly. Obsolete.

Foolishness, folly.

Stupidity, foolishness; lack of meaning, purpose, or intelligibility.

Foolishness, folly. Also: a foolish trait or characteristic (cf. sense 2b). Obsolete.

Silliness such as is attributed to the goose. rare.

Want of mental capacity; folly, silliness. With an and plural: A foolish act or remark.

foolishness.

Want of sagacity.

Foolishness, silliness.

Foolishness, silliness.

Silliness, stupidity. Now rare.

the state, condition, or fact of being addle-headed; stupidity.

Foolishness, silliness.

Want of sapience or wisdom; insipiency.

= ineptitude, n. 2.

= ineptitude, n.

colloquial. The quality of being sappy or foolish.

the quality of being gormless.