Nincompoop

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

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


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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  nincompoop
       n : a stupid foolish person [syn: {poop}, {ninny}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  34 Moby Thesaurus words for "nincompoop":
     Boeotian, ass, block, 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