foolery

noun

Etymology: From Middle English foleri, ffollery, equivalent to fool + -ery.

1. Foolish behaviour or speech.

   “So from that tyme forwarde I began to ſmell the word of god, and forſoke the ſchole doctors and ſuch foolries.”

   “Foolery, sir, does walk about the orb like the sun, it shines every where.”