Etymology

folie à deux

Today it means: A situation in which two people behave abnormally together in a way that neither of them would individually. Full definition →

French folie à deux
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  1. French · borrowed fromfolie à deux“madness for/of two [people]”
  2. English todayfolie à deux

Borrowed from French folie à deux (“madness for/of two [people]”).

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