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- [tom-fool]
- /ˈtɒmˈful/
- /ˌtɒm.ˈfuːl/
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- [tom-fool]
- /ˈtɒmˈful/
Definitions of tomfool word
- noun tomfool a grossly foolish or stupid person; a silly fool. 1
- adjective tomfool being or characteristic of a tomfool. 1
- noun tomfool a fool 0
- noun tomfool (as modifier) 0
- noun tomfool a foolish, stupid, or silly person 0
- adjective tomfool foolish, stupid, or silly 0
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Origin of tomfool
First appearance:
before 1325 One of the 16% oldest English words
1325-75; Middle English Thome fole Tom the fool
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Parts of speech for Tomfool
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
tomfool popularity
A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 59% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.
tomfool usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for tomfool
noun tomfool
- birdbrain — a foolish or unintelligent person
- blockhead — a stupid person
- dork — Slang. a silly, out-of-touch person who tends to look odd or behave ridiculously around others; a social misfit: If you make me wear that, I’ll look like a total dork! Synonyms: jerk, schmo; nerd, geek.
- dumb ox — a dimwit
- dunderhead — a dunce; blockhead; numbskull.
adj tomfool
- campiest — of, relating to, or characterized by camp: a campy send-up of romantic operetta.
- campy — Campy means the same as camp.
- cockamamie — If you describe something as cockamamie, you mean that it is ridiculous or silly.
- cockamamy — ridiculous, pointless, or nonsensical: full of wild schemes and cockamamie ideas.
- imbecilic — of, relating to, or characteristic of an imbecile.
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