tomfool

[ tom-fool ]

/ ˈtɒmˈful /

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noun

a grossly foolish or stupid person; a silly fool.

adjective

being or characteristic of a tomfool.

Origin of tomfool

1325–75; Middle English Thome fole Tom the fool

OTHER WORDS FROM tomfool

tomfoolish, adjectivetom·fool·ish·ness, noun

Words nearby tomfool

Tom, Dick, and Harry, Tom, Dick and Jerry, tome, tomentose, tomentum, tomfool, tomfoolery, tomium, Tom Jones, Tomlinson, Tommasini

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Example sentences from the Web for tomfool

You want genius, my boy, to make a tomfool of yourself like this,' and he looked himself proudly up and down.
The History of David Grieve|Mrs. Humphry Ward
Go and fetch the money and the tomfool paint-box thing that you say he had it in.
"Carrots:"|Mrs. Molesworth
I don't like to apply such a tomfool word to anything, but observe how all this has come about.
Master of His Fate|J. Mclaren Cobban
Dorcas objected to this name, but Tabitha remarked sagely that at any rate it was better than "Tomfool."
Smith and the Pharaohs, and Other Tales|Henry Rider Haggard

This ought to be read before all the tomfool peace societies and anti-imperialist societies of the present-day.
Letters to His Children|Theodore Roosevelt

British Dictionary definitions for tomfool

tomfool

/ (ˌtɒmˈfuːl) /

noun

a fool
(as modifier)tomfool ideas

Derived forms of tomfool

tomfoolish, adjectivetomfoolishness, noun

Word Origin for tomfool

C14: from tom 1 + fool 1

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单词	tomfool
释义	tomfool [ tom-fool ] / ˈtɒmˈful / SEE SYNONYMS FOR tomfool ON THESAURUS.COM noun a grossly foolish or stupid person; a silly fool. adjective being or characteristic of a tomfool. Origin of tomfool 1325–75; Middle English Thome fole Tom the fool OTHER WORDS FROM tomfool tomfoolish, adjectivetom·fool·ish·ness, noun Words nearby tomfool Tom, Dick, and Harry, Tom, Dick and Jerry, tome, tomentose, tomentum, tomfool, tomfoolery, tomium, Tom Jones, Tomlinson, Tommasini Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for tomfool You want genius, my boy, to make a tomfool of yourself like this,' and he looked himself proudly up and down. The History of David Grieve\|Mrs. Humphry Ward Go and fetch the money and the tomfool paint-box thing that you say he had it in. "Carrots:"\|Mrs. Molesworth I don't like to apply such a tomfool word to anything, but observe how all this has come about. Master of His Fate\|J. Mclaren Cobban Dorcas objected to this name, but Tabitha remarked sagely that at any rate it was better than "Tomfool." Smith and the Pharaohs, and Other Tales\|Henry Rider Haggard This ought to be read before all the tomfool peace societies and anti-imperialist societies of the present-day. Letters to His Children\|Theodore Roosevelt British Dictionary definitions for tomfool tomfool / (ˌtɒmˈfuːl) / noun a fool (as modifier)tomfool ideas Derived forms of tomfool tomfoolish, adjectivetomfoolishness, noun Word Origin for tomfool C14: from tom 1 + fool 1 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 Words related to tomfool crazy, lunatic, simple, loony, stupid, zany, absurd, silly, jerky, irrational, clod, dunce, stooge, blockhead, victim, lightweight, bore, cretin, nerd, dolt
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tomfool

noun

adjective

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British Dictionary definitions for tomfool

noun

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