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tomfoolery

  • /ˌtɒmˈfuːlə.ɹi/ UK
  • /ˈtɑmˌful.ɚ.i/ US
  • [ˈtʰɑmˌɸuɫ.ɚ.i] US
  • [ˈtʰɑɱˌfuɫ.ɚ.i] US

noun tomfooleries

  1. countable, uncountable Foolish behaviour or speech. "Do not think THAT," I put in. "It was not so at all. I grant you that my behaviour was bad—I fully confess that it was so, and make no secret of the fact. I would even go so far as to grant you that my behaviour might well be called stupid and indecent tomfoolery; but, MORE than that it was not.

    Similar: buffoonery

  2. Cockney, countable, slang, uncountable Jewellery.

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noun foolish behaviour

Españolpayasada
日本語ばかなまね bakana mane
中文蠢事 chǔnshì, 愚蠢舉動 /愚蠢举动 yúchǔn jǔdòng
Françaispitrerie, bouffonnerie, niaiserie
DeutschUnsinn, Blödsinn, Clownerie
Românăbufonerie, caraghioslâc
Русскийдура́чество duráčestvo, шутовство́ šutovstvó, фигля́рство figljárstvo, клоуна́да klounáda

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@misc{tomfoolery_2026,
  title = {tomfoolery},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/tomfoolery},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}