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