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NimmerNimrah
NIMRAH; BETH-NIMRAH
Nimravus
NIMRIM
Nimrim, Waters of
Nimrod
Nimrud
Nimshi
nimus furandi
Nin
nin-sin
Nina
Nina from Carolina
nincompoopery
Nine
nine day wonder
nine days' wonder
nine iron
Nine men's morris
Nine points circle
Nine points of the law
nine points or six points circle
nine times
nine times out of ten
nine-banded armadillo
Nine-bark
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Webster's 1828 Dictionary
NIN'COMPOOP, n. [said to be a corruption of L. non compos, not of sound mind.] A fool; a blockhead; a trifling dotard. [A low word.]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)
n
1: a stupid foolish person [syn: nincompoop, poop, ninny]
Merriam Webster's
noun Etymology: origin unknown Date: 1676 fool, simpleton • nincompoopery noun
Oxford Reference Dictionary
n. a simpleton; a fool . Etymology: 17th c.: orig. unkn.
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
Nincompoop Nin"com*poop, n. [A corruption of non compos.] A fool; a silly or stupid person. [Law] An old ninnyhammer, a dotard, a nincompoop, is the best language she can afford me. --Addison.
Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms
n. Fool, blockhead, dunce, simpleton (colloq. ).
Moby Thesaurus
Boeotian, ass, block, clod, dimwit, dolt, donkey, dope, dullard, dumb cluck, dumbbell, dummy, dunce, gowk, idiot, imbecile, jackass, jerk, jobbernowl, lackwit, lamebrain, lightweight, looby, loon, niais, ninny, ninnyhammer, nitwit, noddy, put, stupid, thickwit, tomfool, witling
