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Tom Bombadil

Tom Bombadil noun: a jolly and eccentric individual.

Noun

Tom Bombadil (plural Tom Bombadils)

  1. A jolly and eccentric individual.
    • Today's determined Appalachian trekkers and day-tripping city folk on meetups appreciating Anthony's Nose, Bear Mountain, Breakneck, Storm King need to tip their hats and toast to the "Tom Bombadil of the Hudson Highlands," William Thompson Howell.2018, Jonathan Kruk, Legends and Lore of the Hudson Highlands, Arcadia Publishing
    • The only non-tenured faculty member who stood up to the pressure to sign his department's statement was Jeffrey Strabone, Professor of English, a remarkably individuated figure (the Tom Bombadil of the tale), who was not subject to the peer pressure that had so many other "cats" toeing the line."...2020, Richard Landes, Salem on the Thames: Moral Panic, Anti-Zionism, and the Triumph of Hate Speech at Connecticut College, Academic Studies Press

Forms of Tom Bombadil

pluralTom Bombadils

Origin of Tom Bombadil

From the character in the Lord of the Rings series.

Questions about Tom Bombadil

What does Tom Bombadil mean?
Tom Bombadil means a jolly and eccentric individual.
What part of speech is Tom Bombadil?
Tom Bombadil is a noun.
What is the plural of Tom Bombadil?
The plural of Tom Bombadil is Tom Bombadils.

Words near Tom Bombadil in the dictionary

  1. Tom and Jerries
  2. Tom and Jerry
  3. Tom and Jerryish
  4. Tom and Jerryism
  5. Tom Bawcock's Eve
  6. Tom Bombadil
  7. tom boy
  8. tom boys
  9. tom cat
  10. tom cats
  11. tom cod

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