Simpleton

  • 91imbecile — I (Roget s IV) n. Syn. dolt, bungler, idiot; see fool 1 , moron . II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) n. idiot, moron, *retard, cretin, *pin head, simpleton, dimwit, fool, dolt, *mental midget, *dummy, *chowderhead, dope, blockhead, ignoramus. ANT.:… …

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  • 92mooncalf — I (Roget s IV) n. Syn. idiot, simpleton, incompetent; see fool . II (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun One deficient in judgment and good sense: ass, fool, idiot, imbecile, jackass, moron, nincompoop, ninny, nitwit, simple, simpleton, softhead, tomfool …

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  • 93coax — [16] In the 16th and 17th century a cokes was a ‘simpleton, someone easily duped’ (it is not known where the word came from, although it might perhaps be related to cockney). To cokes someone was thus to ‘make a cokes of them, fool them’. This… …

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  • 94gullible — [19] Gullible is a derivative of the now archaic gull ‘dupe’, itself a verbal use of the noun gull ‘gullible person, simpleton’. This appears to have been a figurative extension of an earlier gull ‘newly hatched bird’ [14], which survived… …

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  • 95moppet — endearing term for a baby, a girl, etc., c.1600, from M.E. moppe little child, baby doll (mid 15c.) + et, dim. suffix. The Middle English word also meant simpleton, fool, and may have been cognate with Low Ger. mop simpleton [Barnhart]. Or, if… …

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  • 96simple — adj 1. easy, facile, effortless, like falling off a log, Inf. hands down, Sl. no sweat, Inf. soft, Sl. cushy, Music. semplice, Scot. eath; Inf. a snap, Inf. a breeze, Sl. cinchy, Sl. a cinch; understandable, comprehensible, intelligible, clear,… …

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  • 97sturdy — stur•dy [[t]ˈstɜr di[/t]] adj. di•er, di•est 1) strongly built; robust; hardy 2) strong, as in substance, construction, or texture: a sturdy table[/ex] 3) firm; courageous; indomitable: the sturdy defenders of the fort[/ex] 4) of strong or hardy… …

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  • 98coax — [16] In the 16th and 17th century a cokes was a ‘simpleton, someone easily duped’ (it is not known where the word came from, although it might perhaps be related to cockney). To cokes someone was thus to ‘make a cokes of them, fool them’. This… …

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  • 99gullible — [19] Gullible is a derivative of the now archaic gull ‘dupe’, itself a verbal use of the noun gull ‘gullible person, simpleton’. This appears to have been a figurative extension of an earlier gull ‘newly hatched bird’ [14], which survived… …

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  • 100half-wit — noun 1. a person of subnormal intelligence • Syn: ↑idiot, ↑imbecile, ↑cretin, ↑moron, ↑changeling, ↑retard • Derivationally related forms: ↑retard (f …

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