Meaning of nincumpoop | Babel Free

Definitions

Obsolete spelling of nincompoop.

alt-of, obsolete

Examples

“May'ſt thou paſs for a Nincumpoop all the World over, / From Paris to France, and from England to Dover.”

“Nickumpoop, or Nincumpoop, a fooliſh fellow; alſo one who never ſaw his wife's ****.”

“What, do you give it up so? you poor, ſpiritleſs nincumpoops! I would roar till I burſted firſt, before I would give it up so to such a low-liv'd, beggarly rabble.”

“No, but I take you for a man, Peter, who when good fortune throws something in his way, would indeed be a nincumpoop if ever he slighted her favours.”

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