tomfool
Americannoun
adjective
noun
Other Word Forms
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
A scamp and a scalawag and a tomfool, though, if you want to know.
From Man to Man by Gregory, Jackson
"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 Dell, Ethel M. (Ethel May)
"You'll admit it was a tomfool thing to do," he said.
From Greatheart by Dell, Ethel M. (Ethel May)
Will you put that tomfool thing away, sir!
From Sappers and Miners The Flood beneath the Sea by Hurst, Hal
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