nimrod

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(nĭm'rŏd') pronunciation
n.
  1. also Nimrod A hunter.
  2. Informal. A person regarded as silly, foolish, or stupid.

[After NIMROD. Sense 2, probably from the phrase "poor little Nimrod," used by the cartoon character Bugs Bunny to mock the hapless hunter Elmer Fudd.]


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Nimrod (in the Old Testament)