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foolometer

foolometer noun: something that measures the level of foolishness.

Noun

foolometer (plural foolometers)

  1. (humorous) Something that measures the level of foolishness.
    • Perhaps the nearest approach to a universal foolometer, is found in our daily and weekly press.1965, Southern Literary Messenger

Forms of foolometer

pluralfoolometers

Origin of foolometer

From fool + -o- + -meter.

Questions about foolometer

What does foolometer mean?
Foolometer means something that measures the level of foolishness.
What part of speech is foolometer?
Foolometer is a noun.
What is the plural of foolometer?
The plural of foolometer is foolometers.

Words near foolometer in the dictionary

  1. foolishness
  2. foolishnesses
  3. foollike
  4. foolocracies
  5. foolocracy
  6. foolometer
  7. foolometers
  8. foolosopher
  9. foolosophers
  10. foolosophy
  11. foolproof

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