follies

pronunciation

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  • Noun:
    a revue with elaborate costuming

Word Origin

follies (n.)
"glamorous theatrical revue with lots of pretty girls," 1880, from French folies (mid-19c.), from folie (see folly), probably in its sense of "extravagance" (compare extravaganza).

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