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tomfoolerous

tomfoolerous adjective: characteristic of tomfoolery; silly, foolish.

Adjective

tomfoolerous (comparative more tomfoolerous, superlative most tomfoolerous)

  1. Characteristic of tomfoolery; silly, foolish.
    • LOL! What a fucking load of utter shit. Stupid shit too, I might add. Quite the tomfoolerous post.1999 September 4, Rev. Jevon den Ridder, “Rumours about Episode II”, in alt.fan.starwars (Usenet)
    • But, just incase^([sic]) I've provided a link to a list of tomfoolerous facts about the DC verses the PS2.2002 July 14, Scott H, “Sega Console History/Comparision^([sic]) Page”, in alt.sega.genesis (Usenet)

Synonyms of tomfoolerous

Forms of tomfoolerous

comparativemore tomfoolerous
superlativemost tomfoolerous

Origin of tomfoolerous

From tomfoolery + -ous.

Questions about tomfoolerous

What does tomfoolerous mean?
Tomfoolerous means characteristic of tomfoolery; silly, foolish.
What part of speech is tomfoolerous?
Tomfoolerous is an adjective.

Words near tomfoolerous in the dictionary

  1. Tomeys
  2. Tomești
  3. tomfool
  4. tomfooled
  5. tomfooleries
  6. tomfoolerous
  7. tomfoolery
  8. tomfooling
  9. tomfoolish
  10. tomfoolishness
  11. tomfools

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