foolometer humorous.
(fuːˈlɒmɪtə(r))
[f. as prec. + -ometer.]
That which serves as a standard for the measurement of fools or of folly.
| 1837 Syd. Smith 2nd. Let. Singleton Wks. 1859 II. 285/1, I am astonished that these Ministers neglect the common precaution of a foolometer..I mean, the acquaintance and society of three or four regular British fools as a test of public opinion. 1851 Fraser's Mag. XLIII. 633 The weakest intellect was the foolometer by which all brains were to be tried at lessons. |