| a fool or simpleton; ninny. |
| an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle. |
| telo- or (before a vowel) tel- | |
| —combining form | |
| 1. | complete; final; perfect: telophase |
| 2. | end; at the end: telencephalon |
| [from Greek telos end] | |
| tel- or (before a vowel) tel- | |
| —combining form | |
| [from Greek telos end] | |
telo- or tel-
pref.
End: telophase.