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nincompoops

nincompoops is the plural of nincompoop.

Meaning of nincompoop

Noun

nincompoop (plural nincompoops)

  1. (derogatory) A foolish or silly person.
    • The Ship of Fools Fully Fraught and Richly Laden with Asses, Fools, Jack-daws, Ninnihammers, Coxcombs, Slender-wits, Shallowbrains, Paper-Skuls, Simpletons, Nickumpoops, Wiseakers, Dunces, and Blockheads. Declaring their several Natures, Manners, and Constitutions; the occasion why this Ship was...[1662?], The Ship of Fools […], London: […] J[ohn] W[inter] for J[ohn] Clark, […], →OCLC, title page

Questions about nincompoops

What is nincompoops the plural of?
Nincompoops is the plural of nincompoop.

Words near nincompoops in the dictionary

  1. nincompoop
  2. nincompooperies
  3. nincompoopery
  4. nincompoopish
  5. nincompoopism
  6. nincompoops
  7. nincoms
  8. nincum
  9. nincumpoop
  10. nincumpoops
  11. nincums

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