nincompoop

Etymology

 * the first element nincom- is possibly from the name or  (compare, from the Pharisee named  mentioned in the Bible who asks Jesus seemingly naive questions: see John 3:1–21), or from , while the second element -poop could be derived from . The English lexicographer  (1709–1784) suggested that the first element might be from , but the  notes that this does not correspond with early forms of the word from the 16th century such as  and.

Noun

 * 1)  A foolish or silly person.

Translations

 * Armenian:, ,
 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan:, , , , , , , ,
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: ,
 * Czech: ,
 * Danish: fjols,, knallert, skvadderhoved
 * Dutch:, , , ,
 * Finnish:, ,
 * French:, , , , , , , , , , , démoulé trop tôt, , , mal cuit, , , , ,
 * German:, ,
 * Greek:
 * Hebrew:, טפשה
 * Hindi:, बेवक़ूफ़
 * Icelandic: beinasni,, , ,
 * Italian:, , , , ,
 * Japanese:, うすらとんかち,
 * Marathi: अर्धवट
 * Norwegian: tullebukk
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:, , , ,
 * Russian:
 * Serbo-Croatian:, glupko, , nesposobnjaković
 * Spanish:, , , , , , , , , , pasmarote, pavitonto, , sosaina, ,
 * Swedish:, , , , , , , störding
 * Tagalog: