folia

¹ American  

[foh-lee-uh] / ˈfoʊ li ə /

noun

1. plural of folium.

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folia ² American  

[fuh-lee-uh] / fəˈli ə /

noun

1. a wild and noisy Portuguese carnival dance accompanied by tambourines, performed at a frantic pace by men dressed as women and often carrying masked boys on their shoulders.

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folía ³ American  

[faw-lee-ah] / fɔˈli ɑ /

noun

plural

folías

1. an early medieval Iberian dance accompanied by mime and songs, performed during celebrations of the solstice and New Year festivals.

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folia British  

/ ˈfəʊlɪə /

noun

1. the plural of folium

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Etymology

Origin of folia²

see origin at folía

Origin of folía³

1780–85; < Spanish folía or Portuguese folia literally, madness, folly ≪ Old Provençal, equivalent to fol foolish, mad + -ia -y ³; see fool ¹, folly

Example Sentences

Look with insight into a small corner of the musical past, we learn from Savall, and history itself is folia writ large.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 3, 2020

In those not uncommon instances, where a mass of clay-slate, in approaching granite, gradually passes into gneiss, we clearly see that folia of distinct minerals can originate through the metamorphosis of a homogeneous fissile rock.

From Geological Observations on South America by Darwin, Charles

Where the folia were best defined, they were inclined at a high angle westward, that is, towards the range.

From Geological Observations on South America by Darwin, Charles

Herba humilis, setosa; caule dense, foliato; folia petiolata, cuneata, incisa, setis albis conspersa.

From Expedition into Central Australia by Sturt, Charles

Sunt in eo folia quingenta et duodecim ex papyro in nigro.

From A Plain Introduction to the Criticism of the New Testament, Vol. II. by Scrivener, Frederick Henry Ambrose