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tomfool
[ tom-fool ]
noun
- a grossly foolish or stupid person; a silly fool.
adjective
- being or characteristic of a tomfool.
tomfool
/ ˌtɒmˈfuːl /
noun
- a fool
- ( as modifier )
tomfool ideas
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Derived Forms
- ˌtomˈfoolish, adjective
- ˌtomˈfoolishness, noun
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Other Words From
- tomfoolish adjective
- tomfoolish·ness noun
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Word History and Origins
Origin of tomfool1
1325–75; Middle English Thome fole Tom the fool
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Word History and Origins
Origin of tomfool1
C14: from tom 1+ fool 1
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Example Sentences
Danged if iver I see sech tomfool notions as he's took up with in all my born days!
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At any rate you know the reason for those tomfool bag-covers.
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"I'll stop all night in your tomfool wood and up your tomfool trees," he said.
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I don't like to apply such a tomfool word to anything, but observe how all this has come about.
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Drop this 'ere tomfool game and go home quiet to wherever it is you do live.'
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