tomfool
Americannoun
adjective
noun
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Etymology
Origin of tomfool
1325–75; Middle English Thome fole Tom the fool
Example Sentences
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You don’t need a 12,000 or even a 120 IQ to fool people.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 3, 2026
Falsified documents were used to hide the trail to China, and non-working "dummy" replica servers were kept in stock to fool auditors, according to the indictment.
From Barron's • Mar. 20, 2026
Whether the faked White House photo of Nekina Levy Armstrong was genuinely meant to fool anyone is, I think, beside the point.
From Salon • Jan. 25, 2026
The goal was to fool Reyes into thinking it was safe to exit the apartment.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 10, 2026
I guess it’s pretty hard for a young boy to fool his mama.
From "Where the Red Fern Grows" by Wilson Rawls
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