tomfool
noun
a grossly foolish or stupid person; a silly fool.
tomfoolishness
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a word derived from
tomfool.
Example Sentences
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"What sort o' tomfoolishness is this?" asked the miller again.
From Ruth Fielding in the Great Northwest Or, The Indian Girl Star of the Movies by Alice B. Emerson
Land is good to live on: take a farm like this now; I admire it, and barrin' tomfoolishness, I call you two lucky fellows; but come to gettin' about, give me water.
From The Wooing of Calvin Parks by Laura Elizabeth Howe Richards
I do think that, of all the silly, irritating tomfoolishness by which we are plagued, this “weather-forecast” fraud is about the most aggravating.
From Three Men in a Boat by Jerome K. (Jerome Klapka) Jerome
I demanded, knowing this was some of his tomfoolishness, and irritated that he should have any heart for it.
From Wings of the Wind by Credo Fitch Harris
None of this 'It seems like,' or 'I think it was,' or any of that tomfoolishness.
From The Tarn of Eternity by Frank Tymon
