Dictionary entry

Folly

Pronunciation: /ˈfɒli/

Pronunciation

/ˈfɒli/

Myanmar Meaning

(n) မိုက်မဲမှု။

Definition

folly /'fɒli / n ၁။ (က) [U] ~ (to do sth) မိုက္မဲမႈ။ an act of sheer folly ❍ It's utter folly to go swimming in this weather. (ခ) [C] မိုက္မဲမႈ။ regret one's youthful follies. ၂။ [C] မဆင္မျခင္မႈ (၏ အက်ဳိးရလဒ္ျဖစ္ေသာ အေဆာက္အအံု စသည္)။

Examples

  1. The judge described the incident as an act of folly.
  2. [it is folly to do something] : It is absolute folly to go mountain climbing without the proper equipment.
  3. [the folly of (doing) something] : She soon realized the folly of her actions.
  4. I pointed out the folly of overspending on that scale.