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tomfool

[ tom-fool ]

noun

  1. a grossly foolish or stupid person; a silly fool.


adjective

  1. being or characteristic of a tomfool.

tomfool

/ ˌtɒmˈfuːl /

noun

    1. a fool
    2. ( as modifier )

      tomfool ideas

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Derived Forms

  • ˌtomˈfoolish, adjective
  • ˌtomˈfoolishness, noun
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Other Words From

  • tomfoolish adjective
  • tomfoolish·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!

At any rate you know the reason for those tomfool bag-covers.

"I'll stop all night in your tomfool wood and up your tomfool trees," he said.

I don't like to apply such a tomfool word to anything, but observe how all this has come about.

Drop this 'ere tomfool game and go home quiet to wherever it is you do live.'

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