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present participle and gerund of fool examples
countable and uncountable, plural foolings
The act of one who fools; foolish behaviour. quotations examples
I laugh at him and use every little Art in my power to make him view things in a more cheerful light, but he knows better than I do, and tho' his good nature and politeness make him appear to be diverted with my foolings, I am sensible they do not amuse his melancholy.
c. 1775, Janet Schaw, Journal of a Lady of Quality