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damphool

damphool is the archaic form of damnfool.

Meaning of damnfool

Adjective

damnfool (not comparable)

  1. (informal, sometimes, vulgar) Contemptibly foolish.
    • ‘[…] Whole page seems to be given up to some damn-fool cycling championship at Cricklewood Stadium.’1938, Evelyn Waugh, Scoop, book I, ch. 2.1, p. 21

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Questions about damphool

What is damphool the archaic form of?
Damphool is the archaic form of damnfool.

Words near damphool in the dictionary

  1. damper winding
  2. damper windings
  3. damperless
  4. dampers
  5. dampest
  6. damphool
  7. damphu
  8. damphus
  9. Dampier
  10. dampiness
  11. damping

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