nincompoop
A foolish or silly personA foolish or silly person.
» I slept in and missed my scheduled interview. I feel like such a nincompoop.
Я проспал запланированное интервью. Я чувствую себя таким простофилей.
Я проспал запланированное собеседование. Я чувствую себя таким простофилей.
Meaning
1 senses(derogatory)A foolish or silly person.
Dummkopf, Einfaltspinsel, Trottel
дурачо́кduračók
a stupid foolish person
Examples
1 sentencesI slept in and missed my scheduled interview. I feel like such a nincompoop.
ruЯ проспал запланированное интервью. Я чувствую себя таким простофилей. — odexed
Translations
7 languagesOrigin
Uncertain; the first element nincom- is possibly from the name Nicholas or Nicodemus (compUncertain; the first element nincom- is possibly from the name Nicholas or Nicodemus (compare French nicodème (“foolish or gullible person”), from the Pharisee named Nicodemus mentioned in the Bible who asks Jesus seemingly naive questions: see John 3:1–21), or from ninny (“foolish or silly person”), while the second element -poop could be derived from poop (“(obsolete) to cheat, deceive, fool”). The English lexicographer Samuel Johnson (1709–1784) suggested that the first element might be from Latin non compos (mentis) (“not of sound mind”), but the Oxford English Dictionary notes that this does not correspond with early forms of the word from the 16th century such as nickumpoop and nicompoop.
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Forms
plural: nincompoops| Singular | nincompoop |
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