foolometer

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noun

Something that measures the level of foolishness.

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Meanings

nounfoolometer (plural foolometers)

plural foolometers

  1. humorousSomething that measures the level of foolishness.

    Perhaps the nearest approach to a universal foolometer, is found in our daily and weekly press.

    1965, Southern Literary Messenger

Origin

From fool + -o- + -meter.

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APA

foolometer. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/foolometer

MLA

“foolometer.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/foolometer. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “foolometer,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/foolometer.

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