Nincompoop
['nɪŋkəmpuːp]
Definition
(n.) A fool; a silly or stupid person.
Edited by Griffith
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [Low.] Ninny.
Editor: Nat
Definition
n. a simpleton.
Typist: Rosa
Examples
- Rawdon Crawley paid scarcely any attention to Dobbin, looking upon him as a good-natured nincompoop and under-bred City man. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- Being among a lot of nincompoop girls, said Alfred. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- Such a set of nincompoops, like Mrs. Ballard's pupils walking two and two. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
Editor: Rena