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tomfoolish

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
tom-fool-ish
IPA
18
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

silly; foolish

Etymology

From tomfool + -ish.

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

more tomfoolish (comparative) most tomfoolish (superlative)

Derived Forms

tomfoolishness

Frequently Paired Words

tomfoolery

Questions

What does tomfoolish mean?
silly; foolish
Where does tomfoolish come from?
From tomfool + -ish.

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