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nincum

nincum is the alternative form of nincom.

Meaning of nincom

Noun

nincom (plural nincoms)

  1. (dated, informal) A fool; a nincompoop.
    • In decrying a decision of the court in the case of a man on trial for the larceny of a watch, the Gazette said editorially: "Many a poor, plodding attorney in the states, when he shall read the above decision of the supreme court of Michigan, will kick his Blackstone out of his office and...2017, Clarence Monroe Burton, Compendium of history and biography of the city of Detroit and Wayne County, Michigan

Forms of nincum

pluralnincums

Questions about nincum

What is nincum the alternative form of?
Nincum is the alternative form of nincom.

Words near nincum in the dictionary

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

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Adapted from Wiktionary: nincum (page history and authors); nincom (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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