Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

damnfool

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: damn-fool
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Contemptibly foolish.

Informal

noun

A contemptibly foolish person.

Informal

Example Sentences

"‘[…] Whole page seems to be given up to some damn-fool cycling championship at Cricklewood Stadium.’"
"People bored Manchek; the mechanics of manipulation and the vagaries of subordinate personality held no fascination for him. He often wished he were back at the wind tunnels of Wright Patterson. Particularly on nights when he was called out of bed by some damnfool problem."
"[…] those damnfool detective stories you read […]"
"Damnfool thing to be asking. Might as well inquire, what possessed you to rush in here?"
"And celebrating damnfool so-called holidays like Space Colony Day and Reagan's Birthday? 'Course, they do Halloween and Thanksgiving and Christmas and such..."

Etymology

From damn + fool.

Usage

Informal

Inflected Forms

damfool (alternative) damphool (alternative) darnfool (alternative) durnfool (alternative) damnfools (plural)

Questions

What does damnfool mean?: Contemptibly foolish.
Where does damnfool come from?: From damn + fool.

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