tomfool

tom·fool

T0258000 (tŏm′fo͞ol′)n. A stupid or foolish person.adj. Extremely foolish or stupid.

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[Tom (nickname for Thomas) + fool.]

tomfool

(ˌtɒmˈfuːl) na. a foolb. (as modifier): tomfool ideas. [C14: from tom¹ + fool¹] ˌtomˈfoolish adj ˌtomˈfoolishness n

tom•fool

(ˈtɒmˈful)

n. 1. a grossly foolish or stupid person; a silly fool. adj. 2. being or characteristic of a tomfool.

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

tomfool - a person who lacks good judgment fool, muggins, saphead, sapass - a pompous foolbuffoon, clown - a rude or vulgar foolflibbertigibbet, foolish woman - a female foolfucker - a stupid despised manbozo, cuckoo, fathead, goof, goofball, jackass, twat, zany, goose - a man who is a stupid incompetent foolmeshuggeneh, meshuggener - (Yiddish) a crazy foolmorosoph - a learned foolputz - (Yiddish) a fool; an idiotsimpleton, simple - a person lacking intelligence or common sensewally - a silly and inept person; someone who is regarded as stupid

tomfool

nounOne deficient in judgment and good sense:ass, fool, idiot, imbecile, jackass, mooncalf, moron, nincompoop, ninny, nitwit, simple, simpleton, softhead.Informal: dope, gander, goose.Slang: cretin, ding-dong, dip, goof, jerk, nerd, schmo, schmuck, turkey.adjectiveSo senseless as to be laughable:absurd, foolish, harebrained, idiotic, imbecilic, insane, lunatic, mad, moronic, nonsensical, preposterous, silly, softheaded, unearthly, zany.Informal: cockeyed, crazy, loony, loopy.Slang: balmy, dippy, dopey, jerky, sappy, wacky.

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