sheer folly
1Sheer — Sheer, a. [OE. shere, skere, pure, bright, Icel. sk?rr; akin to sk[=i]rr, AS. sc[=i]r, OS. sk[=i]ri, MHG. sch[=i]r, G. schier, Dan. sk?r, Sw. sk[ a]r, Goth. skeirs clear, and E. shine. [root]157. See {Shine}, v. i.] 1. Bright; clear; pure;… …
2folly — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ pure, sheer ▪ ultimate ▪ youthful ▪ human ▪ economic, political …
3sheer — I. verb Etymology: perhaps alteration of 1shear Date: 1539 intransitive verb to deviate from a course ; swerve transitive verb to cause to sheer II. noun Date: 1670 …
4folly — [[t]fɒ̱li[/t]] follies 1) N VAR: oft N of n/ ing, it v link N to inf If you say that a particular action or way of behaving is folly or a folly, you mean that it is foolish. It s sheer folly to build nuclear power stations in a country that has… …
5folly — fol|ly [ˈfɔli US ˈfa:li] n plural follies [Date: 1200 1300; : Old French; Origin: folie, from fol; FOOL1] 1.) [U and C] formal a very stupid thing to do, especially one that is likely to have serious results ▪ Somerville bitterly regretted his… …
6folly — noun 1 (C, U) formal a very stupid thing to do, especially one that is likely to have serious results : it would be folly to do sth: It would be sheer folly to reduce spending on health education. | the folly of: a writer who satirized the… …
7sheer — adj. Sheer is used with these nouns: ↑abundance, ↑accident, ↑agony, ↑amazement, ↑annoyance, ↑arrogance, ↑beauty, ↑bliss, ↑boredom, ↑bravado, ↑breadth, ↑ …
8Yoann Folly — Infobox Football biography playername = Yoann Folly fullname = Yoann Folly nickname = dateofbirth = birth date and age|1985|6|6|df=y cityofbirth = Paris countryofbirth = France height = height|m=1.75 currentclub = Plymouth Argyle clubnumber = 8… …
9Dead Man's Folly —   …
10History of Gnosticism — The history of Gnosticism is subject to a great deal of debate and interpretation. The complex nature of Gnostic teaching and the fact that much of the material relating to the schools comprising Gnosticism has traditionally come from critiques… …
