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  • 51ignorance — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Lack of knowledge Nouns 1. ignorance, nescience; illiteracy; darkness, blindness; incomprehension, inexperience, simplicity, simpleness, innocence; stupidity; unawareness. See folly, insanity,… …

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  • 52moron — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. simpleton, half wit, imbecile. See ignorance. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. feeble minded person, mentally handicapped person, retardate, imbecile, idiot*, simpleton, natural, goose*, addlepate*, dullard,… …

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  • 53dumbbell — I (Roget s IV) n. Syn. blockhead, fool, dunce; see fool 1 . II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) n. moron, imbecile, idiot, *retard, dullard, ignoramus, harebrain, halfwit, nitwit, *pinhead, *airhead, *bubblehead. III (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun Slang.… …

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  • 54daffy — (adj.) 1884, perhaps from DAFT (Cf. daft) (q.v.), or from obs. daffe halfwit (Cf. 15c. daffish), of unknown origin. With Y (Cf. y) (2) …

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  • 55daft — (adj.) O.E. gedæfte gentle, becoming, from P.Gmc. *gadaftjaz (Cf. O.E. daeftan to put in order, arrange, gedafen suitable; Goth. gadaban to be fit ), from PIE *dhabh to fit together. Sense progression from mild (c.1200) to dull (c.1300) to… …

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  • 56quarterwit — Someone who is less intelligent that a halfwit. Paul could probably do worse than the quarterwit …

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  • 57quarterwit — Someone who is less intelligent that a halfwit. Paul could probably do worse than the quarterwit …

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  • 58fuckwit — n an idiot, a halfwit. An Australianism which has caught on in British use since the late 1970s. It usually expresses exasperated contempt. The guy s a complete fuckwit …

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  • 59dunce — n. Simpleton, fool, dolt, ignoramus, witling, wiseacre, blockhead, block, numskull, dullard, thickhead, thick skull, dunderhead, dunderpate, clodpoll, clodpate, beetle head, bull head, dull head, addle head, logger head, chuckle head, jolt head,… …

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  • 60ass — noun 1) he rode on an ass Syn: donkey, jackass, jenny; burro 2) informal don t be a silly ass Syn: fool, idiot, dolt, simpleton, imbecile; dimwit, halfwit, dummy …

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