noun
pl. -·er·ies foolish behavior; silliness; nonsense
Origin of tomfoolery
see tomfool + -erytomfoolery
tom·fool·er·yWebster's New World College Dictionary, Fifth Edition Copyright © 2014 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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tomfoolery
noun
pl. tom·fool·er·ies- Foolish behavior.
- Something trivial or foolish; nonsense.
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Noun
(countable and uncountable, plural tomfooleries)
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