English
Etymology
Earlier (1676) nicompoop, possibly from Latin non compos mentis, "not of sound mind", although the lack of the second n in the early form and the original meaning of "fop" cast doubt on this origin.
Pronunciation
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Noun
en-noun
- A silly or foolish person.
#*1905: Baroness Emmuska Orczy, The Scarlet Pimpernel 1
#*:No wonder that Chauvelin's spies had failed to detect, in the apparently brainless nincompoop, the man whose reckless daring and resourceful ingenuity had baffled the keenest French spies...
Synonyms
sense|foolish person dunderhead, fop, fool, imbecile
Translations
Danish: fjols, skvadderhoved, idiot
Dutch: lomperd, domoor, stommeling
Finnish: tollo, tolvana, tohelo
French: crétin, abruti, demeuré, cornichon
trans-mid
German: Dummkopf m, Einfaltspinsel m, Trottel m
Polish: g�upiec
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