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NINCOMPOOP
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Dictionary entry overview: What does nincompoop mean?
• NINCOMPOOP (noun)
The noun NINCOMPOOP has 1 sense:
1. a stupid foolish person
Familiarity information: NINCOMPOOP used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A stupid foolish person
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
Hypernyms ("nincompoop" is a kind of...):
simple; simpleton (a person lacking intelligence or common sense)
Context examples
Every nincompoop in the land rushed into free print, floating their wizened little egos into the public eye on the surge of Brissenden's greatness.
(Martin Eden, by Jack London)
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