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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Their own father, an amiable giant nearly seven foot tall, lacked the drive and ambition of his sons, and he refused to support this tomfool idea.
From "Boy: Tales of a Childhood" by Roald Dahl
O, that’s a different story!—What made you do it, you tomfool?
From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 13 (of 25) by Robert Louis Stevenson
“You are talking tomfool nonsense,” he said, scowling.
From The Shoulders of Atlas A Novel by Mary Eleanor Wilkins Freeman
And think of that tomfool of a Tommy-Bill-beg sending the man to me.
From She's All the World to Me by Sir Hall Caine
"Chief among them, why your tomfool brother—you call him your brother, I suppose?—brought me over here on a fool's errand."
From The Knave of Diamonds by Ethel M. (Ethel May) Dell
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