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Nincompoop

Nincompoop Meaning & Definition
Nincompoop Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Nincompoop?

[n] a stupid foolish person

Synonyms | Synonyms for Nincompoop: ninny | poop

Related Terms | Find terms related to Nincompoop: ass | block | Boeotian | clod | dimwit | dolt | donkey | dope | dullard | dumb cluck | dumbbell | dummy | dunce | gowk | idiot | imbecile | jackass | jerk | jobbernowl | lackwit | lamebrain | lightweight | looby | loon | niais | ninny | ninnyhammer | nitwit | noddy | put | stupid | thickwit | tomfool | witling

See Also | simple | simpleton

Nincompoop In Webster's Dictionary

\Nin"com*poop\, n. [A corruption of non compos.] A fool; a silly or stupid person. [Law] An old ninnyhammer, a dotard, a nincompoop, is the best language she can afford me. --Addison.

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