Usually means: Reckless or foolish behavior; silliness.
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  1. tomfoolishness: Merriam-Webster
  2. tomfoolishness: Collins English Dictionary
  3. tomfoolishness: Wordnik
  4. tomfoolishness: Wiktionary
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▸ noun:  The quality of being tomfoolish.

Similar:
foolishness, foolability, foolhardiness, foolhood, fool-heartedness, goofishness, oafishness, idioticalness, dolthood, jackassness, more...

Opposite:
seriousness, gravity, solemnity

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Similar:
foolishness, foolability, foolhardiness, foolhood, fool-heartedness, goofishness, oafishness, idioticalness, dolthood, jackassness, more...

Opposite:
seriousness, gravity, solemnity



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