tomfoolery

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   playful, foolish, or nonsensical behavior or talk

   The supervisor ended the tomfoolery before anyone damaged the equipment.

Formed in the early nineteenth century from tomfool + -ery, on the model of foolery. Tomfool, earlier Tom Fool, joined the common name Tom to fool and may originally have been an appellation for a professional jester.

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