nincompoop

nincompoop meaning in Hindi, Marathi, Urdu and Bengali

Examples of nincompoop in a sentence

• ’Tis ſuch another Nincompoop, / I ſleep, and he begins to droop. / He ſees, yet keeps his Eyes a winking, / Says nought, but pays it off with thinking.1680, M. T. [i.e., Matthew Stevenson], “Cydippe Her Answer to Acontius”, in The Wits Paraphras’d: Or, Paraphrase upon Paraphrase: In a...
• Art not thou aſham'd to ſee me, thou Nincompoop?1694, [Thomas] d’Urfey, The Comical History of Don Quixote. […], part I, London: […] Samuel Briscoe, […], →OCLC, Act I, scene ii, page 6:
• These epics nearly always had runaway trains, nincompoops floundering with the controls and a collapsed bridge just ahead!1958 February, David Gunston, “Railways on the Screen”, in The Railway Magazine, London: Tothill Press, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 88:
• Ill-planned, outdated, or ludicrous organizational structures can turn even the most eager employee into a nincompoop, or at least force him or her to seem like one.2019, John R. Brandt, “Overview: Are We Really Surrounded by Nincompoops?”, in Nincompoopery: Why Your Customers Hate You—and How to Fix...

Synonyms of nincompoop

• dunderhead
• fool
• imbecile
• nitwit
• gaby
• hammerhead
• putz
• asshat
• arsehole
• asshole

All synonyms of nincompoop

Forms of nincompoop

Origin of nincompoop

Uncertain; 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.

Words formed from nincompoop

• nincompoopish
• nincompoopism
• nincompoopery

Related words

• nincom
• nincum
• nincun

Questions about nincompoop

What does nincompoop mean?

Nincompoop means a foolish or silly person.

What is nincompoop in Hindi?

Nincompoop in Hindi is साला (sālā), बेवक़ूफ़ (bevqūf). See Nincompoop meaning in Hindi.

How do you use nincompoop in a sentence?

’Tis ſuch another Nincompoop, / I ſleep, and he begins to droop. / He ſees, yet keeps his Eyes a winking, / Says nought, but pays it off with thinking.

What part of speech is nincompoop?

Nincompoop is a noun.

How do you pronounce nincompoop?

Nincompoop is pronounced /ˈnɪŋkəmpuːp/ (UK).

What is the plural of nincompoop?

The plural of nincompoop is nincompoops.