English-Thai Dictionary

nincompoop

N คนโง่  kon-ngo

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

NINCOMPOOP

n.[said to be a corruption of L. non compos, not of sound mind. ] A fool; a blockhead; a trifling dotard. [A low word. ]

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

NINCOMPOOP

Nin "com *poop, n. Etym: [A corruption of non compos.]

 

Defn: A fool; a silly or stupid person. [Law ] An old ninnyhammer, a dotard, a nincompoop, is the best language she can afford me. Addison.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

nincompoop

nin com poop |ˈninkəmˌpo͞op, ˈniNG- ˈnɪŋkəmˌpup | ▶noun a foolish or stupid person. ORIGIN late 17th cent.: perhaps from the given name Nicholas or from Nicodemus (by association with the Pharisee of this name, and his naive questioning of Jesus Christ; compare with French nicodème ‘simpleton ’).

 

Oxford Dictionary

nincompoop

nincompoop |ˈnɪŋkəmpuːp | ▶noun a foolish or stupid person. ORIGIN late 17th cent.: perhaps from the given name Nicholas or from Nicodemus (by association with the Pharisee of this name, and his naive questioning of Christ; compare with French nicodème ‘simpleton ’).

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

nincompoop

nincompoop noun informal See idiot.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

nincompoop

nincompoop noun don't be such a nincompoop. See fool, idiot.