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     • Nincompoop is not a meaningless word as some people maintain. Try calling your boss a nincompoop and see what happens. More correctly, it is ‘nonsense' word that has been used to describe a fool, blockhead, idiot, simpleton etc, since the 17th century.
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   Is nincompoop a meaningless word?

   • Nincompoop is not a meaningless word as some people maintain. Try calling your boss a nincompoop and see what happens. More correctly, it is ‘nonsense' word that has been used to describe a fool, blockhead, idiot, simpleton etc, since the 17th century.

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   What does nincompoop mean?

   • Blossom Word Game Pick the best words! Farm Idioms Quiz If you've got a pig in a poke - what exactly is a... The meaning of NINCOMPOOP is a stupid or silly person : fool, simpleton. How to use nincompoop in a sentence.

   Nincompoop Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster

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   When was nincompoop first used?

   • The earliest known use of the noun nincompoop is in the mid 1600s. OED's earliest evidence for nincompoop is from around 1668. nincompoop is of uncertain origin. nine, adj. & n.

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   Where did nincompoop come from?

   • For questions on access or troubleshooting, please check our FAQs, and if you can''t find the answer there, please contact us. [L17th]The word nincompoop perhaps came from Nicodemus, the name of a Jewish Pharisee in the New Testament who became something of a byword for slow-wittedness.

   Nincompoop - Oxford Reference

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   Does 'non compos' sound like 'nincompoop'?

   • Johnson argued that to the uneducated masses,'non compos' could well sound like 'nincompoop'. Most etymologists, however, remain unconvinced and simply classify it as a nonsense word of unknown origin. There is no denying, however, that it sounds very much like what it purports to describe.

   Idiom Origins - Nincompoop - History of Nincompoop

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   Was nincompoop a corruption of the Latin 'non compos mentis'?

   • No less a person than the famous lexicographer Samuel Johnson in 1775 tried to make a case that it was a corruption of the Latin non compos mentis, which was widely used by doctors and lawyers in everyday speech and often shortened to non compos. Johnson argued that to the uneducated masses,'non compos' could well sound like 'nincompoop'.

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3. www.merriam-webster.com › dictionary › nincompoopNincompoop Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster

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   The meaning of NINCOMPOOP is a stupid or silly person : fool, simpleton. How to use nincompoop in a sentence.

4. dictionary.cambridge.org › english › nincompoopNINCOMPOOP | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

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   NINCOMPOOP definition: 1. a silly or stupid person 2. a silly or stupid person 3. a foolish or stupid person. Learn more.

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   Nincompoop is not a meaningless word as some people maintain. Try calling your boss a nincompoop and see what happens. More correctly, it is ‘nonsense' word that has been used to describe a fool, blockhead, idiot, simpleton etc, since the 17th century.

6. en.wiktionary.org › wiki › nincompoopnincompoop - Wiktionary, the free dictionary

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   Sep 27, 2024 · nincompoop (plural nincompoops) A foolish or silly person. [from 16th c.] Synonyms: dunderhead, fool, imbecile, nitwit, gaby, hammerhead, putz; see also Thesaurus: fool

7. www.collinsdictionary.com › english › nincompoopNINCOMPOOP definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary

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   noun. informal. a foolish person. Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers. Word origin. C17: of unknown origin. nincompoop in American English. (ˈnɪnkəmˌpup ) noun. a stupid, silly person; fool. Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

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   The earliest known use of the noun nincompoop is in the mid 1600s. OED's earliest evidence for nincompoop is from around 1668. nincompoop is of uncertain origin. See etymology.

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   [L17th]The word nincompoop perhaps came from Nicodemus, the name of a Jewish Pharisee in the New Testament who became something of a byword for slow-wittedness. Nicodemus secretly visited Jesus one night to hear about his teachings.