Meanings
adjectivedamphool (not comparable)
- archaicnot comparableArchaic form of damnfool.
What was that damphool buyer's name that wanted to take over those extra departments when Jim left us?
1929, The Retail Clerks International Advocate, volumes 36-37, page 111 more example
So I got glycerine and started to make a new brew according to the best of my light, aided and abetted by that damphool friend of mine.
1901, Western Camera Notes, page 71
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