nincompoop

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One deficient in judgment and good sense: ass, fool, idiot, imbecile, jackass, mooncalf, moron, ninny, nitwit, simple, simpleton, softhead, tomfool. Informal dope, gander, goose. Slang cretin, ding-dong, dip, goof, jerk, nerd, schmo, schmuck, turkey. See ability/inability.

the action(s) of a fool or simpleton

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A fool. (1678 —) .
V. Woolf Never could she understand how he cared. But those Indian women did presumably—silly, pretty, flimsy nincompoops (1925).

[Origin uncertain; perh. from the male forename Nicholas or Nicodemus (cf. French nicodème simpleton) with -n- due to association with ninny noun + obs. poop deceive, cheat, befool.]

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - fjols, fæ

Nederlands (Dutch)
uilskuiken

Français (French)
n. - nigaud

Deutsch (German)
n. - Trottel

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - βλακόμουτρο, κουτεντές

Italiano (Italian)
sempliciotto

Português (Portuguese)
n. - ingênuo (m)

Русский (Russian)
балбес

Español (Spanish)
n. - bobo, mentecato

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - dumhuvud, våp

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
笨人, 傻子

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 笨人, 傻子

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 바보

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - ばか, まぬけ

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) المغفل, الساذج‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮טיפש‬

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