NINCOMPOOPISH
kəmˌpup, ˈnɪŋ- noun
a fool or simpleton.
Origin:
1670–80; origin uncertain
1670–80; origin uncertain
Related forms
nin·com·poop·er·y, noun
nin·com·poop·ish, adjective
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nincompoop (ˈnɪnkəmˌpuːp, ˈnɪŋ-) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| a stupid person; fool; idiot | |
| [C17: of unknown origin] | |
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Nincompoopish
is always a great word to know.
So is doohickey. Does it mean:
| a gadget; dingus; thingumbob. |
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
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Word Origin & History
nincompoop
1676, nicompoop. Despite similarity [noted by Johnson] to L. legal phrase non compos mentis "insane, mentally incompetent" (1607), the connection is denied by etymologists because the earliest forms lack the second -n-. Weekley thinks first element may be a proper
name, and cites Nicodemus, which he says was used in Fr. for "a fool," or Nicholas.
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