Simpleton
['sɪmp(ə)lt(ə)n]
Definition
(n.) A person of weak intellect; a silly person.
Inputed by Ethel
Examples
- I had not an idea that you were such a simpleton, or half so sentimental, retorted Fanny. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- What a simpleton you are, observed Amy. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- She is not such a simpleton. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
- If I can perceive her regard for him, he must be a simpleton, indeed, not to discover it too. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
- He did not in the least wish the future Mrs. Newland Archer to be a simpleton. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- If I could do that, simpleton, where would the danger be? Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- O, you simpleton! Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- What chance could such a simpleton have against her if she chose to exert herself? Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- Making a simpleton, a warning, and an example of myself, before a hundred and fifty of the 'papas' and 'mammas' of Villette. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- Yes, simpleton as I was! Jane Austen. Emma.
- Dejah Thoris was wont to say that in some things I was a veritable simpleton, and I guess that she was right. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- You thought like a little simpleton. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- It was terrible to think of again encountering those bearded, sneering simpletons; yet the ground must be retraced, and the steps sought out. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
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