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tomfoolerous

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
tom-fooler-ous
IPA
17
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Characteristic of tomfoolery; silly, foolish.

Example Sentences

Etymology

From tomfoolery + -ous.

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

more tomfoolerous (comparative) most tomfoolerous (superlative)

Synonyms

tomfoolish buffoonerous buffoonish

Questions

What does tomfoolerous mean?
Characteristic of tomfoolery; silly, foolish.
Where does tomfoolerous come from?
From tomfoolery + -ous.

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