tomfool
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9.9
- noun
- /ˈtɑmˌfuːl/
- Offensive
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- The Knights of the Burning Mountain are tomfools, and the Knights of the Blended Rose are damned fools.
Examples
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It's called the tomfool's knot.
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He had some... tomfool opinions on Stalin I had to correct.
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Over the air with their tomfool airships and these lights all ready.
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A tomfool.
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And I don't take him for any tomfool to go rushing three men that's got Winchesters.
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Maybe that's what this recent tomfool notion of declaring CO2, a life-giving gas, a dangerous pollutant is.
Blog text (13) -
He called the League of Nations "a farce show," which diplomats participated in as "clowns," "tomfools," and sometimes even as "burglars."
Academic text (1995) -
Well, that and calling the judge a tomfool in his own courtroom, after he accused me of being with the rebels and helping the French, when the last time I saw the inside of a blockhouse was nigh hand to Frontinac in fifty-eight, which was when the French took me and sixty-one other fellers prisoner.
Fiction book (2002) -
Everyone laughed at the tomfool who tried to juggle while riding a unicycle.
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He acted like a tomfool during the meeting, making silly jokes that distracted everyone.
Synonyms
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1.4
A person who makes poor decisions and is easily tricked
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9.1
A person who is easily fooled or has poor judgment
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8.2
A person who acts very stupidly or recklessly
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9.9
A person who behaves in a silly or stupid way
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9.9
A person who acts in a silly or foolish way
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9.9
A person who behaves in a silly, playful way
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9.9
A person who is easily tricked and used by others
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9.9
A person who is not very intelligent
A rude slang name for someone who acts foolish or makes silly mistakes
A person who behaves in a silly or foolish way
A person who acts like a fool and makes poor decisions
A person who acts like a clown to make others laugh
How Foolish
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Tomfool comes from the old character name Tom, a common man's name, and fool, meaning 'silly person'. So it was like 'Tom the fool', and today tomfool means someone who behaves in a silly way or who does not make good decisions.