(psychiatry) a psychological disorder of thought or emotion

Usage examples of folie.

The name of the domain is La Folie and folly perhaps is the presumption of him who will await her there.

The chateau of La Folie, my dear, is the charming pile you may perceive from where we sit.

If Fanchon Fleur-de-Lis, the Chevalier de Bruslart or any of their unpleasant followers were waiting for her behind the ancient walls of La Folie, they would be in for something of a surprise.

Arcadius followed automatically but when he realized that they were travelling in the opposite direction from La Folie, he spurred his horse to catch up with the girl.

A furtive and livid light glanced along the damp walls of the narrow court of the Hotel des Folies, as at the bottom of a well.

Lucienne, he had started for the Hotel des Folies, leaving his sister alone at home.

Louveciennes, and at the Hotel des Folies, Boulevard du Temple, Paris.

He had no doubt that Maxence, after leaving him, had run to the Hotel des Folies to give to Mlle.

I learn that Lucienne, picked up by Maxence, has been able to drag herself as far as the Hotel des Folies, and that the driver has been taken to the nearest drug-store.

Tregars and the commissary walked in, the estimable hostess of the Hotel des Folies was kneeling in front of the fire, preparing some medicine.

I authorize you, if need be, to call upon the agent whom I have placed on duty, watching the Hotel des Folies, and to whom I am going to send word immediately.

The Folies, where Oharu used to dance, had been closed on charges of frivolity, but the Tokiwaza Theater still offered allfemale swordplay, and Kabuki had special devotees, prostitutes tattooed with the faces of their favorite actors.

Harry had gotten her into the chorus line at the Folies, but she was too argumentative for management, so when the war scare chased his American musicians from the Happy Paris to Hawaii, he replaced them by making her the enigmatic and, apart from lyrics, silent Record Girl.

Anyway, I heard that the artist was going to an exhibition out of town, and at once I got over to the Folies in time to catch Oharu and ask her to meet me after the show.

Dirty slippers were piled by the door, tatty costumes hung from a rack, and although the Folies had been closed for a year, the changing room was still redolent with stale sweat, body powder and perfume.