Tommyrotとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

Compound of tommy +‎ rot, (tommy being a dialectical word for fool).

発音

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ˈtɒmiˌrɒt/
• (General American) IPA: /ˈtɑmiˌrɑt/

名詞

tommyrot (usually uncountable, plural tommyrots)

1. Nonsense, rot.
   • 1938, Siegfried Sassoon, The Old Century, Faber and Faber, published 1967, page 154:

     My brothers, on the other hand, considered that my talents were overrated. Putting it plainly, they told me that what I wrote was tommy-rot.