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Folie

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. A Middle English form of folly.
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  • noun. (psychiatry) a psychological disorder of thought or emotion; a more neutral term than mental illness
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    "Le Grande du Saulle has given to the disease in which there is a morbid doubt about everything done, the name folie de doute."
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