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Webster 1913 Edition

Tomfoolery

Tomˊfool′er-y

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Noun.

Trifling or silly behavior done mostly for amusement; foolishness; fooling around.

Syn. – tomfoolishness.

Definition 2024

tomfoolery

tomfoolery

English

Noun

tomfoolery ‎(countable and uncountable, plural tomfooleries)

Foolish behaviour or speech.
(Cockney rhyming slang) jewellery.

Translations

foolish behaviour

Chinese:
Mandarin: 蠢事 (zh) ‎(chǔnshì), 愚蠢舉動, 愚蠢举动 ‎(yúchǔn jǔdòng)
Dutch: gekkigheid (nl) f
Finnish: hölmöily
French: pitrerie (fr) f, bouffonnerie (fr) f, niaiserie (fr) f

German: Unsinn (de) m, Blödsinn (de) m, Clownerie (de) f
Hungarian: ostobaság (hu), bárgyúság (hu), sületlenség (hu)
Japanese: ばかなまね ‎(bakana mane)
Romanian: bufonerie (ro), caraghioslâc (ro) n
Russian: дура́чество (ru) n ‎(duráčestvo), шутовство́ (ru) n ‎(šutovstvó), фигля́рство (ru) n ‎(figljárstvo), клоуна́да (ru) f ‎(klounáda)
Spanish: payasada (es) f

(slang) jewellery

Finnish: helyt pl