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FOOLOMETER Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster
The meaning of FOOLOMETER is a standard for measuring folly. How to use foolometer in a sentence.
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foolometer - Wiktionary, the free dictionary
foolometer (plural foolometers). (humorous) Something that measures the level of foolishness. 1965, Southern Literary Messenger :.
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foolometer, n. meanings, etymology and more | Oxford English ...
The earliest known use of the noun foolometer is in the 1830s. OED's earliest evidence for foolometer is from 1836, in Home & Foreign Review.
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foolometer
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...
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Foolometer Definition & Meaning | YourDictionary
Foolometer definition: (humorous) Something that measures the level of foolishness..
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'foolometer': meaning and origin - word histories
a standard or device for the measurement of foolishness or folly—coined by the British author Sydney Smith (1771-1845) in 'Second Letter to ...
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-meter
-meter in actual use commonly -ˈometer, and in some later formations -ˈimeter, a terminal element in words denoting scientific instruments for automatically measuring something. Many words with this ending, as barometer, hydrometer, hygrometer, thermometer, were formed in the 17th c., and represent ...
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"FOOLOMETER": Device measuring degree of foolishness - OneLook
▸ noun: (humorous) Something that measures the level of foolishness. Similar: foolship, foolio, fooldom, fartometer, foole, damfool, fewl, ...
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foolometer Related Words - Merriam-Webster
Words related to foolometer: instrument, tester, thermometer, gauge, light meter, chronometer, indicator, altimeter, ammeter, pidgin, sfa.
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What does foolometer mean? - YouTube
What does foolometer mean? A spoken definition of foolometer. Intro Sound: Typewriter - Tamskp Licensed under CC:BA 3.0 Outro Music: Groove ...
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foolometer, n - A Gathering of the Tribes
A standard or device for the measurement of foolishness or folly. dead at last, i packed the hoopty, headed south. uniforms waited at the river, weapons ready.
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George Eliot | word histories
The jocular noun foolometer denotes a standard or device for the measurement of foolishness or folly. This noun is from: – the noun fool; – the combining ...
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